Tag: Baldpate Mountain
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Park Commission: Deer hunting will begin in Mercer County parks in efforts to reduce overabundant population
Hunting will soon be underway through a deer management program in efforts reduce the overabundant deer herd in the greater Mercer County region. The Mercer County Park Commission’s deer management program will be conducted in Mercer County Park, Baldpate Mountain and Mercer Meadows on Sept. 10. The Mercer County Park Commission oversees 7,000 acres of…
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Mercer County Park Commission to conduct prescribed burns at Mercer Meadows, Baldpate Mountain
The Mercer County Park Commission will be working with the New Jersey Forest Fire Service to perform prescribed burning at Mercer Meadows and Baldpate Mountain. Prescribed burns will be administered to the Pole Farm and Reed Bryan Farm sections of Mercer Meadows, as well as Baldpate Mountain. Burns are expected to take place between now and late spring…
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Park Commission to implement deer management program
The Mercer County Park Commission has been approved for a Community Based Deer Management (CBDM) permit from the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife. The CBDM permit allows for additional opportunities to improve forest understory and the overall ecological condition of natural areas through deer reductions beyond standard state hunting regulations. Reducing deer overpopulation also improves public safety by reducing deer-vehicle collisions, according to information provided by Mercer County. The…
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Park Commission approves final master plan for Moores Station Quarry
The Mercer County Park Commission has approved the master plan to turn Moores Station Quarry into a new county park. The final master plan for the redevelopment of the quarry was approved at a Mercer County Parks Commission meeting on Oct. 27. Moores Station Quarry is adjacent to Baldpate Mountain and located in Hopewell Township…
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Final Master Plan provided for proposed redevelopment of Moores Station Quarry
The proposed final master plan for the redevelopment of the Moores Station Quarry into a new county park has been released by the Mercer County Park Commission. Public meetings have been held since Dec. 2, 2020, to help develop the Master Plan for the Moores Station Quarry, which is located in Hopewell Township off Route…
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RIP PennEast!
By Michele S. Byers If long-tailed salamanders, northern long-eared bats, and the other creatures of forests, fields and marshes could throw a party, they’d be celebrating! They just won a permanent reprieve from an unneeded and unwanted gas pipeline that would have slashed a huge swath through open space, farms, forests and streams in Hunterdon…
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Mercer County Park Commission releases draft Master Plan for Moores Station Quarry
The Mercer County Park Commission has released its draft Master Plan for the Moores Station Quarry, located in Hopewell Township adjacent to Baldpate Mountain. The plan can be found at http://mercercountyparks.org/ Over the past year, the Mercer County Park Commission and a team of consultants performed environmental research on the Moores Station Quarry and hosted a…