Crystal Springs Preserve’s Intriguing Past
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 [...]
Hunterdon Land Trust Spearheads Preservation Effort Near Delaware River
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 [...]
Governor Signs Bill That Protects Pollinators
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 [...]
Join the Effort to Protect Pollinators, Rein in Pesticides
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 [...]
Restoration Project Aims to Improve How Brook Handles Rain
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 [...]
HLT Preserves Holland Township Farm Near Saeger Preserve
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 [...]
Brood X Cicadas – They’ll Be Back
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 [...]
Preservation of Maritan Property
To Provide Link to Existing Trail
Hunterdon Land Trust's preservation of the 104-acre Maritan Inc. property in Kingwood will create an impressive green corridor that will connect to the adjacent Idell Preserve. Maritan is comprised of a mix of [...]
Young Stewards Care for Dvoor Farm Trees
A group of teenagers gained firsthand knowledge of invasive species and how to care for young trees recently at the Dvoor Farm. For two days, teens from St. Charles Borromeo Church in Skillman, [...]
HLT Celebrates 25 Years
Of Protecting the Places You Love
Twenty-five years ago, Hunterdon County was undergoing a seismic shift, transforming from a landscape of family farms, open fields and woodlands to one threatened by increasing sprawl. Fear grew that this increased development [...]