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Power Authority Visitors Center to Play Host to Schoharie County Conservation Field Day Contact: June 5, 2008 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NORTH BLENHEIM—The New York Power Authority (NYPA) today announced that it will play host to the 25th annual Schoharie County Field Day on Monday, June 9, at the admission-free visitors center on the grounds of NYPA’s Blenheim-Gilboa Pumped Storage Power Project. The event is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Schoharie County Soil and Water Conservation District is organizing the event, at which more than 300 students from the Cobleskill-Richmondville, Gilboa-Conesville and Sharon Springs central school districts are expected. Students will participate in various environmental workshops, including beekeeping, black bear habitat, safety in the woods, fighting wildfires, reptiles, forestry, water quality, bluebirds, and energy and the environment. The workshops will be conducted by professionals from the United States Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, the State University of New York collage at Cobleskill, NYPA and the Soil and Water Conservation District. The visitors center is located on Route 30 in North Blenheim, 17 miles south of Middleburgh, five miles north of Grand Gorge and 50 miles southwest of Albany. For more information, please call 1-800-724-0309. About NYPA: ■ NYPA uses no tax money or state credit. It finances its operations through the sale of bonds and revenues earned in large part through sales of electricity. ■ NYPA is a leader in promoting energy efficiency, new energy technologies and electric transportation initiatives. ■ It is the nation’s largest state-owned electric utility, with 18 generating facilities in various parts of the state and more than 1,400 circuit-miles of transmission lines. ■ For more information, please go to www.nypa.gov. |
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