I used to live and work near this area. It's stunning, and efforts to preserve the land like this will only help keep it that way.
Press release courtesy
D&R Greenway Land Trust.
LAST week, D&R Greenway preserved 22 acres
in East Amwell Twp, Hunterdon County.
THIS week, we preserved 86 acres
in Hopewell Twp, Mercer County!
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With your help and with the outstanding support of our partners,
on June 21st D&R Greenway purchased 86 acres of meadows and forest
for permanent preservation.
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| These rolling fields and woodlands represent one of the last missing connections in the Stony Brook Greenway. |
Thanks to our funding partners: the New Jersey
Green Acres Program, Mercer County, Hopewell Township, Hopewell Borough and Friends of Hopewell Valley Open Space.
- This land connects the Stony Brook south of Rte. 518 to the Cedar Ridge Preserve north of Rte. 518, a D&R Greenway 'Signature Preserve'.
- The property offers beautiful views toward the Sourlands ridge and will link the Stony Brook to the Sourlands.
- Mature forest supports a diverse native canopy and rich herbaceous layer. The structure and composition of these areas provide important habitat for forest-dwelling wildlife species.
- Protected native species in the stream corridor include pinxster azalea, false hellebore, smooth yellow violet, cutleaf toothwort, and Canada mayflower.
- Open fields will provide for high quality pollinator and grassland species habitat.
"My parents bought this land in 1950 and I grew up here. My wife, Jody, and I, have now shared this property longer than they did -- over 30 years. We wanted to preserve this land to keep the special qualities of our community." -Townsend Olcott, landowner
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