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August 4-8; 9 AM - 2:30 PM daily
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Thank you for your concern for the environment! - Rogers Staff
Visitor Center
2721 State Highway 80
Sherburne, NY 13460-4507
Phone: 607-674-4017
Fax: 607-674-2655
or email: rogers@gw.dec.state.ny.us
HOURS:
Grounds: Daily sunrise to sunset
Buildings: Closed state holidays
Weekdays: 8:30 AM to 4:45 PM
Saturdays: 1:00 to 4:45 PM
Sundays: June-August 1:00 to 4:45 PM
There is a lot to do at Rogers Center. Its 600 acres offer a variety of habitats for the walker, bird watcher, photographer, snowshoer, or cross-country skier. Trails traverse woodlands, meadows, wetlands, plantations, and farm fields.
The Visitor Center features exhibits focusing on natural resources, a library, staff offices, classroom space, and restrooms. The upper gallery of the Visitor Center offers a view of the marsh, enabling the visitor to see geese and ducks feeding, muskrats swimming, and great blue herons and osprey fishing. Microphones bring the outdoor sounds indoors.
- No pets or alcoholic beverages!
- Please do not feed the waterfowl
- Carry in, carry out policy - Please provide for your own trash disposal
Scheduled Programs and Services
School Group Visiting Rogers Center
Rogers Center staff provide a variety of programs for interested visitors. Program areas include natural resources, nature study, ecological concepts, and environmental quality.
School Visits - School groups come for a variety of programs or on a self-guided basis. Visits should be arranged at least three months in advance.
Youth Groups - Camping sites and programs are available to educational groups. Programs are designed to meet the group's needs, such as merit badge requirements.
Special Interest Groups - slide shows and other programs are available on a variety of nature and environmental topics.
Teacher Workshops - Project WILD in lesson plan format, the K-12 Activity Guide provides 122 interdisciplinary lessons cross-referenced by grade, subject, topic, skill and time required; and includes early childhood extensions. Project WILD Aquatic forty-eight more activities emphasize aquatic wildlife and their habitats. Project WET offers ninety-one activities to help studnets understand water and water issues. Science & Civics offers high school students informative, innovative and interactive science and social science activities. Flying WILD presents forty-three activities designed to excite middle school students about celebrating birds. Below ZERO focuses on winter ecology: wildlife in winter and frozen conditions. Proyecto WILD offers some activities from both Basic and Aquatic WILD in Spanish. Inquire about other topics.
Public Programs - Weekend and evening programs are offered throughout the year for individuals and families. Visit our Scheduled Programs and Services page.
Naturalist Intern Program - Three months of training help people learn the skills of an environmental educator.
Rogers Center in Winter
Rogers Environmental Interpretation Institute - An intensive four-week course in natural history and environmental education.
Winter Living Celebration - Our annual big event includes many winter activities and attractions for everyone.
Trails and Outdoor Exhibits
Meandering Trails
The trail system consists of six miles of labeled trails. A two mile system begins at the Visitor Center traversing a variety of habitats. Trail guide booklets explain various aspects of the natural resources along the way. Another mile of trails, located across the street from the main parking lot, winds its way up to the Farm Tower where one can enjoy a wonderful view of the Chenango Valley. Two other trail systems are located at our Adams Farm and Cush Hill sites. Take time to explore these trails in every season.
"Attracting Wildlife to Your Yard" is an outdoor exhibit designed to show how anyone can enhance wildlife habitat at home. By providing the needs of wildlife, you may draw them in for a closer look.
The trout ponds have been a part of Rogers Center since its inception. In these ponds visitors can see several species of trout.
Other outdoor exhibits include information on predators, waterfowl, fish and pond life. Of course, the entire Rogers Center grounds offer opportunities to encounter the natural world. The careful observer is often rewarded with a view of wildlife interacting with its habitat.
Many species of wildlife make their home at Rogers Center. These animals are wild and are able to exist here without the assistance of people. They can find all their basic needs right here on the grounds: food, water, shelter, air, and space.
A picnic area is provided for the visitor's convenience.
A Look at the History of Rogers Center
1909 -- Harry and Gertrude Rogers establish New York's first game farm in Sherburne (Rogers Game Farm).
Historical Game Farm Sign
1966 -- At the suggestion of local citizens, New York State opens its first conservation education center in Sherburne (Rogers Conservation Education Center).
1968 -- Rogers Conservation Education Center Dedication
1972 -- Rogers Conservation Education Center renamed to its present: Rogers Environmental Education Center.
1970-1988 -- School groups, teachers, and summer campers attend residential programs
Present -- Great programs, great trails, off-site visits!
Be part of the future of Rogers Environmental Education -- volunteer, attend programs, join Friends of Rogers.
Friends of Rogers Environmental Education Center, Inc.
Welcome Sign
The not-for-profit group affiliated with Rogers Center is called Friends of Rogers Environmental Education Center, Inc. (formerly called Mid-York Conservation Fund, Inc.).
This group of interested citizens meets regularly throughout the year to provide input to Rogers Center staff and supports many of the programs at Rogers. If you are interested in becoming a member of Friends of Rogers, please call the Center.
Directions:
Rogers Environmental Education Center is located on NYS Route 80, 1 mile west of the intersection of Routes 80 and 12 in Sherburne, New York.
From Utica Area...Take NYS Route 12 south to Sherburne, turn right on Route 80.
From Binghamton Area...Take Interstate 81 north to Route 12 north to Sherburne, turn left on Route 80.
From Syracuse Area...Take Route 690 east to Rout 481 south to Route 92 east to Cazenovia. Take Route 20 east to Route 46 south to Route 12B south to Route 12 south in Sherburne, turn right on Route 80.
More about Rogers Environmental Education Center:
- Winter Living Celebration 2008 Photo Gallery - See an overview of the various activites held at the 30th annual Winter Living Celebration held on January 12, 2008. (Photos by Wells Horton)
- Animals of Halloween 2007 Photo Gallery - Rogers Center's annual Animals of Halloween 2007 photo gallery showing happy people learning about a great horned owl, a red fox, an adult mayfly and an Amanita mushroom. Photos by Wells Horton.
- Rogers Center Staff - Meet the Rogers Center staff and read a little bit about their background, responsibilities and interests.
- 2007 Teacher Institute Overview - Teachers from around central New York participated in Rogers Center's 6th annual Summer Teacher Institute on the Environment.
- Rogers Center Program Schedule - Listing of current programs for Rogers Center.
- Rogers Book List - Topics of books and materials available from the Rogers Library.
- Rogers Environmental Interpretation Institute - Four-week mini-internship of environmental and natural history study, including interpretive techniques, and the opportunity to observe and teach classes to elementary school students.
- Rogers Winter Living Celebration - This one day event in the beginning of January combines the talent of DEC staff, volunteers, and members of the local community to celebrate the wonderful season of winter.
