Meet HLT’s New Interim Director
Jacqueline Middleton steps into her new role as Hunterdon Land Trust's interim executive director with a wealth of experience behind her. She has worked as our Land Acquisition Director since 2014 and is [...]
Sister Reflects on Life of a Hunterdon Land Trust Friend
About a month ago, Hunterdon Land Trust shared with you a story about Beverly Railsback, who kindly left a bequest to our nonprofit when she sadly passed away last October. Beverly loved nature, [...]
Teamwork Leads to Bethlehem Township Preservation
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Readington, HLT Team Up To Protect the Places You Love
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 [...]
HLT Reaches Significant Milestone: Preserves 10,000 Acres
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 [...]
A National Success Story: Delaware Named ‘River of the Year
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 [...]