Tag: Friends of Hopewell Valley Open Space
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Sourland Mountain Region gains 10K trees in 2022
For Hillsborough Township resident Jennifer Bryson, the “tremendous loss of ash trees” in the area in and around her property has been “devastating.” That is why when the Sourland Conservancy (SC) expanded its efforts to include plantings directly on private land through a grant from the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) in partnership with the FoHVOS…
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Township Committee approves partnership with FoHVOS for Walker property
Friends of Hopewell Valley Open Space (FoHVOS) received welcome news on Feb. 22, when the Hopewell Township Committee authorized the acquisition of a 10% interest in the Jonathan Walker property. The Township Committee adopted an ordinance on Feb. 22 that would have the township use $25,000 from the Hopewell Township Open Space Trust Funds to…
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Corveleyn honored to be a recipient of Presidential Award for Excellence
The White House named Hopewell Elementary School’s Helen Corveleyn as a recipient of the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST). PAEMST are the nation’s highest honors for teachers of science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and/or computer science. “It truly is an enormous honor to be recognized in this way. There are tons…
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Hopewell Township, FoHVOS seek to preserve Walker property as open space
The Hopewell Township Committee introduced an ordinance that would enter the township into a partnership with Friends of Hopewell Valley Open Space (FoHVOS) for the $250,000 purchase of property for open space. This ordinance would authorize the acquisition of a 10% interest in the roughly 17.1-acre Jonathan Walker property along Woosamonsa Road and preserve it…
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Outdoor Equity Alliance receives $50,000 grant from Princeton Area Community Foundation
Friends of Hopewell Valley Open Space (FoHVOS) has announced that the Outdoor Equity Alliance (OEA) has been awarded a $50,000 grant from Princeton Area Community Foundation’s Bunbury Fund. OEA includes public, private and non-profit organizations throughout Mercer County sharing knowledge and resources to remove the barriers to access, participation and engagement in outdoor green spaces.…
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PennEast halts $1 billion pipeline project after lack of environmental permits
After legal and regulatory hurdles, the proposed $1 billion PennEast Pipeline project has been canceled, according to the PennEast Pipeline Company. PennEast recently suspended efforts to condemn state-owned land in New Jersey for the proposed project. The company had also previously halted the condemnation of land for the project in Pennsylvania in 2021. PennEast spokesperson…
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Local farmer pivots farm business to create firepit starters after economic toll from COVID-19
Local tenant farmer Tama Matsuoka Wong has partnered with the Friends of Hopewell Valley Open Space (FoHVOS) to sell wild cedar firestarters in order to maintain her farm assessment, when her business of supply restaurants with speciality ingredients took a hit due to COVID-19. Prior to the pandemic, Wong farmed and foraged at the Marshall’s…
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Opinion: Save the Sourlands
I was having coffee with a friend once, and she said, “I’m not a birder. Why should I care about birds?” I said, “You love coffee, so you must love birds!” The brilliant scarlet tanager spends winter in Central and South America. Like lots of colorful songbirds, she spends her winter vacation in the dense…
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D&R Greenway preserves 315th property since its founding three decades ago
As 2021 unfurls, D&R Greenway Land Trust celebrates its newest milestone: permanent preservation of its 315TH property since its 1989 founding. “Preserving land is our first priority in a state that is the most densely populated in the nation,” Linda Mead, president and CEO, said in a prepared statement. “This noble work provides benefits to…