Description
Please Note: If the preserve parking lot is full, please use the turnaround at the intersection of Weaver Street (Route 125) and Schoharie Turnpike. Do not turn your car around on our neighbors’ driveways or lawns. Thank you.
For the safety of our visitors, no swimming or wading is allowed at the preserve.
The Nature Conservancy acquired the original 97 acres in 1970 from Lansing and Lucille Christman, son and daughter-in-law of William W. Christman. The site is a Registered National Historic Landmark listed by the New York State Historic Trust. Lands adjacent to the Christman Sanctuary are the focus of continued protection efforts by the Conservancy and local land trusts.
A highlight of the Christman Sanctuary is the Bozenkill, with its 30-foot waterfall and numerous lesser cascades. Alternate layers of sandstone and shale are found in the large pool at the foot of the waterfall.
In Memoriam
Henri Tredwell Plant
1922 — 2012
Beloved Conservancy volunteer and supporter Henri Plant passed away on September 28, 2012, at the age of 90. Henri, along with fellow members of the Mohawk Valley Hiking Club, took up the fight to save the Christman Sanctuary from certain death by bulldozer when the New York State Department of Transportation traced Interstate 88 across the 30-foot falls at the heart of the sanctuary. Once the water and lands were brought under the protection of The Nature Conservancy, Henri served as a steward for more than 30 years. He was responsible for many of the improvements that provide the public with safe access to the quietness and beauty of the sanctuary that Henri and his wife Doris Saunders-Plant valued so deeply.