Life has left Josephine “Jo” Allen with many battle scars, but she found healing in the land which once held turmoil for her. From 5 to 9 years old, Allen was a resident of St. Michael’s Orphanage and Industrial School in Hopewell. Closed in 1973, the orphanage’s land has since become the St. Michaels Farm Preserve — an area of more than 400 acres of farm fields and forests preserved in 2010 and expanded in 2017 by D&R Greenway Land Trust. Allen shared her > Read More
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Princeton, N.J. — D&R Greenway Land Trust this month concluded the purchase of a 38-acre land preserve on Van Dyke Road in Hopewell. Acquisition of property owned by the Maziarz family is situated between two of the land trust’s popular preserves, Cedar Ridge and the vast Sourlands Ecosystem Preserve. With its protection secured, D&R Greenway is now only one property away from linking these two preserves and adding to 7+ miles of connected trails through the Sourlands. The newly preserved > Read More
Princeton, N.J. — D&R Greenway Land Trust recently concluded the purchase of a small but important Hopewell property adjacent to Cedar Ridge, one of the land trust’s earliest and biggest preserves, at more than 200 acres. This new 3-acre property, known as the “Koch property” on Stony Brook Road, has 650 feet of frontage on a key tributary stream of the Stony Brook. The purchase raises to 20,865 the total acreage and to 308 the total number of properties permanently > Read More
James Fiorentino’s “Portraits of Preservation” is the current exhibit in the Marie L. Matthews Gallery at the Johnson Education Center. Click here to learn more! Princeton, N.J. — D&R Greenway Land Trust continues the celebration of its 30th year with a new, traveling exhibit, “Portraits of Preservation,” based on watercolor paintings by the noted, award-winning artist James Fiorentino. The exhibit highlights the iconic landscapes and treasured wildlife found on 20,865 acres and 308 properties permanently preserved by the D&R Greenway > Read More
(from The Princeton Packet, 4/5/2019) Solutions 4/5: Threats and responses By Huck Fairman As anyone paying attention could not avoid noticing: there is a lot going on around the world over the last several weeks. Here the focus will be on environments and efforts to save them. In our Midwest and in Southeastern Africa flooding has brought real, existential crises to those regions. Full recovery will not happen quickly, if at all. Look at Puerto Rico or the Northern California > Read More
Princeton, N.J.— D&R Greenway Land Trust will begin formally celebrating its 30th Anniversary, recognizing seven trail-blazers who have contributed significantly to the preservation of more than 20,000 acres of New Jersey land, in seven counties. The public is invited to its annual Greenway Gala Garden Party, Saturday, May 11, from 5 to 7 p.m. Libations and hors d’oeuvres will be served in Meredith’s Garden for Inspiration, alongside the 1900 vintage barn, – the Johnson Education Center. Garden party attire and > Read More
Bridgewater’s 36-acre Wemple/Lang property is an important local treasure. This historic land on Foothill and Steele Gap Roads sits along routes taken by George Washington’s Continental Army throughout the American Revolution. It later was the home of William Lester Wemple, a noted public official in the early 20th century. Today the land is owned by Steven Lang, who has received subdivision approval for 15 residential lots. Mr. Lang has given us a unique opportunity to permanently preserve this land if > Read More
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Princeton, N.J.— D&R Greenway Land Trust marks a major milestone—the 20,000th acre has been preserved, with the recent deal to save an historic Sourlands farm from development. "Our 20,000th acre was not the easiest one to preserve but it was one of our most remarkable success stories," said D&R Greenway President & CEO Linda Mead about the deal, which required complex planning under a tight deadline. The historic Schwinn farm on Hopewell-Amwell Road in Hopewell Township dates back more than 200 years and will > Read More
Princeton, N.J.– For a limited time only, D&R Greenway Land Trust is exhibiting wooden raptors and songbirds carved by acclaimed and award-winning artist Greg Pedersen. Predators and Prey: Fine-art carvings of raptors and songbirds, on private loan from curator/collector Jay Vawter, is on view November 6-December 28, with a reception and special guest appearance by Pedersen, who hails from Vancouver Island, British Columbia, on Friday, November 17, 5:30-7:30 p.m. RSVP for the reception at (609) 924-4646 or rsvp@drgreenway.org. Experience first-hand > Read More
