Chemung County Soil & Water Conservation District

07/30/2026

Checkout this opportunity for teens to learn about Watershed Conservation~

Join our CCE Natural Resources Educator in some hands on watershed activities as they learn about watershed conservation.

This is geared towards youth 14-18 years old.

Sign up here: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=ZkN-XZsbz0WOebFLJ99G4SP-ltwi2Z5JuA8_zUUzuItUNkhKNkc0UjZXVk9TRlBGQU9OREFYT1BaTy4u&route=shorturl

07/17/2026

HORSEHEADS, N.Y. (WENY) — This weekend, a new dairy ambassador will be crowned in Chemung County. The event is part of the American Dairy Association's New York State Dairy Ambassador

07/17/2026

We have Bat Houses made from Chemung County trees available for $30.

851 Chemung Street
Horseheads, NY
607-739-2009

Bats have been a hot topic this month in the Chemung County CCE Natural Resources Office. Bats are an important natural resource in New York - consuming mosquitoes and other nuisance insects that cause diseases and damage agriculture and forest lands. It is currently brooding season and in the months of July and August young bats are learning how to fly! As a result, it is more likely for homeowners to encounter them this time of year.
We have put together a Chemung County specific fact sheet to help answer questions and help homeowners solve conflicts on the topic.🦇
Check out the fact sheet under our website resources page here: https://chemung.cce.cornell.edu/resources/bat-fact-sheet-cce-chemung

06/02/2026

05/30/2026

Thank you to our program partners!

We teamed up with Clayridge Trucking to remove over 800 old tires from the community.

Many hands make light work thanks to Conservation students from GST BOCES and Scouts from Troop 43 in Pine City.

05/26/2026

Last Call!

05/22/2026

Chemung County Conservation Field Days was a hit and the weather was perfect! We had 772 students from all across the Chemung County join in on the opportunity to visit 14 different stations (Each Trail visited 7 Stations) located at Park Station in Erin, NY. Within each of these trails we had presenters from Chemung County Soil and Water Conservation District, Chemung County Federation of Sportsmen, Trout Unlimited - Catherine Creek Chapter, Upper Susquehanna Coalition, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Chemung County, Friends of the Chemung River Watershed, Inc., Chemung County Stormwater Coalition, New York State Forest Rangers, Southern Tier Central Regional Planning & Development Board, Department of Environmental Conservation- Forestry Division, and Town of Erin Volunteer Fire Department. Topics included fishing, wetlands, flooding, wildlife identification, forestry, wildfire prevention, recycle relay, and macroinvertebrates. We would not be able to host this event for students if it wasn’t for each and every one of our presenters and the following sponsors: Swarthout's Bait and Tackle Shop, Hillard Corporation, Kennedy Valve, Hesselson’s, Southern Tier Custom Fabricators, Banfield-Baker Corp., and Porter’s Concrete.

05/22/2026

We are saddened to share this news. Steve was an avid Conservationist and true friend of the District.

Stephen was born on September 10th, 1960 and passed away on May 16th, 2026 at the age of 65

05/19/2026

Celebrating 34 Years of Conservation Field Days!

Chemung County Conservation Field Days going on today and tomorrow at Park Station in Erin, N.Y., students from the ECSD as well as some home schoolers are at the park moving from station to station learning about topics involving conservation. A big thanks to Jim Diederich and his entire team as well as our our sponsors and instructors.

04/21/2026

Don't forget our Arbor Day Tree Sale Pickup is this Friday April 24th from 8am-5pm! Extra trees will be available to purchase. Cash or Check Only.

Fish Sale Order Forms are also due that day!