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 [...]
Just like a jigsaw puzzle, the pieces of Readington Township’s land preservation plan are fitting together quite nicely. The latest piece added is the Fitzgerald tract (above), 28.7 acres nestled in the northern [...]
Hunterdon Land Trust recently achieved a major milestone that was more than two decades in the making: the preservation of 10,000 acres in the Hunterdon County area by the end of 2020. The [...]
Seventy-five years ago the Delaware River was dying. Choked with sewage and industrial pollution, the river’s smell sickened those brave enough to stand upon its banks. Sections of the river had become dead [...]
This Friday (May 15) is the 15th annual Endangered Species Day, and Hunterdon Land Trust encourages you to cherish and explore biodiversity not just around the world, but right here in Hunterdon County. [...]
Hunterdon Land Trust preserved 127 acres of the Charlie Brown Christmas Tree Farm in Holland Township in 2017 to ensure it would remain farmland for generations to come. This farm is also the [...]
Aerial view of the newly preserved Goeckeler Farm. Photo by Jarred Goeckeler. KINGWOOD -- You would be hard pressed to find a more peaceful place than William and Susan Goeckelers’ [...]
Horseshoe Bend Preserve in Kingwood Township. One thing that unites us as a nation is land: Americans strongly support protecting the places they love. Since 1996, Hunterdon Land Trust has [...]
Ninety-eight acres of mostly pristine, verdant forest untouched by churning plow or digging backhoe, and undisturbed by hungry deer … in New Jersey? A rare occurrence indeed. And, what’s best of all, these [...]
The Hunterdon Land Trust is helping spread a little holiday cheer with the preservation of the 127-acre Charlie Brown Christmas Tree Farm in Holland Township. The farm, owned by Randy and Charlie Brown [...]