ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

• Intern: Eric Haas, SUNY Morrisville 
• Layout of Natural History Museum design 
• Interns: Adam, Lindsey & Rick- SUNY Morrisville
• Meeting with Professor Rick Smarden, SUNY ESF for instructions on Strategic Plan 
• Removed and replaced barn floor 
• Powerpoint presentation of barn to the Gorman Foundation 
• Raised and released 1000 bobwhite quail 
• Educational programs for children and adults (approx. 2000 persons) 
• Second season DEC pheasant release on Ditch Bank Rd. 
• Received $10,000 anonymous donation and $12,000 Gorman Foundation grant
• Closed on 115 acres of land across from office
• Magee grant for purchase of a laptop computer and powerpoint projector
• $1,000 from both Oneida Nation Foundation and Bess & Howard Chapman Foundation
• Purchased hay wagon and construction of a new wagon deck
• Installed new roof and picture window in office
• Enlarged parking area
• Madison County Promise Program names GSC as a safe place for children
• Archeological dig with Oneida Nation youth on our property
• Warner Rd property was sold
• Received deed for Oneida Lake Community Club
• Improvements to Simpson Park
• New trail signage on main trails
• Brenda Best from Audubon finished Bluebird project
• Grant writer : Jessica Haynie

         

FUNDRAISERS / EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS:

• Winter Wonderland
• Field trip to Sansone property
• Winter Hibernation Festival
• Canastota Health and Wellnesss Fair
• Bluebirds (Saturday program)
• Easter Egg Hunt
• Wood Ducks in Our Wetlands (Saturday program)
• Earth Day Public Tree Planting Celebration
• Nation Arbor Day Tree Planting
• Global Warming Presentation
• Spring Migration Nature Art Festival 
• Map and Compass Orienteering (Saturday program)
• Sounds of Spring: Calling All Ducks  (Saturday program) 
• Field Trip to the Rome Sand Plains (Saturday program) 
• Madison County Promise Program
• Close-up Digital Photography (Saturday program)
• Canastota Carnival
• What Lives in this Pond? (Saturday program)
• GSC Community Garage Sale
• Antiques and Fine Arts Appraisal
• Wood Carving (Saturday program)
• Annual Chicken BBQ
• Fall Migration  "Antique Show & Sale" Festival
• The Colors of Autumn (Saturday program)
• Owl Prowl
• Great Halloween Fun Day
• Oneida Lake Watershed presentation
• GSC Harvest Dinner
• Feeding Winter Birds (Saturday program)
• Christmas Tree and Gifts Sale