Beverly Railsback loved taking walks around the parks and preserves near her Lambertville home, often snapping photos of flowers or a favorite tree to share with family and friends. She cherished Hunterdon County's [...]
"During the Revolutionary War the farm was used as a camp by General Sullivan's soldiers. . . ." The above plaque, affixed to the northwest exterior of the Dvoor Farmhouse, has often elicited [...]
When you’re targeting properties that are vital to preserve, you’d be hard pressed to find one better than this. The 97-acre CRC Mine Road LLC property in Bethlehem Township is a huge preservation [...]
Crystal Springs in Lebanon Township offers hikers 291 acres of meadows, mature woodlands, ponds teeming with aquatic life and a network of trails that beckons with the wonders of nature. While one can [...]
It’s not very often that preservation opportunities pop up so close to the Delaware River. But it happened recently when Gilbert Power Co. decided to sell 70 acres in Holland Township just off [...]
New Jersey is now a national leader in protecting pollinators, other wildlife, and people from the risks and effects of widespread neonic contamination. Governor Phil Murphy recently signed into law bill A2070/S1016, which prohibits nearly [...]
New Jersey’s legislature is poised enact the strongest, smartest restrictions in the country to rein in widespread pollution of the state with neurotoxic neonicotinoid pesticides — or “neonics.” The bill, A2070/S1016, isn’t just [...]
On Saturday night, July 17, a brutal rainstorm tore through Hunterdon County, pounding the area with up to 6.11 inches of rain between 6 p.m. and midnight. Roads were flooded, cars were stranded [...]
If you climb the hill at the trailhead of the Thomas Saeger Preserve, and cast a backward glance, you will likely stop in your tracks: The forested hillside opposite Shire Road in Holland [...]
By Kristin Winters, HLT Land Steward Anyone who visited HLT’s Quakertown Preserve earlier this summer may have wondered why an unusually loud burglar alarm was sounding in the woods. A quick walk along [...]