Tag: Sourland Conservancy
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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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Executive director ‘thanks’ participants for making this year’s Sourland Spectacular a success
On behalf of the staff, board and members of the Sourland Conservancy, I would like to sincerely thank the Sourland Spectacular cyclists, runners, hikers, volunteers, and businesses who helped make this year’s event a big success! Participants in Saturday’s (Sept. 10) kick-off event enjoyed Bagel Barn bagels, Small World Coffee, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches,…
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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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Hillsborough Eagle Scout creates irrigation system for Cambridge School’s learning garden
Joseph Cincotta, a sophomore at The Cambridge School in Pennington, earned the rank of Eagle Scout as a member of Boy Scout Troop 89. His Eagle Scout project consisted of building a self-watering irrigation system for the Cambridge School’s learning garden. The system consists of a gutter system that collects water into a rain barrel,…
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Virtual MLK Day benefits four local nonprofits
The fourth annual Hopewell Gives Back: MLK Day of Service involved the efforts of community volunteers, nonprofits and event organizers. More than 100 volunteers registered online to give back to the community at the fourth annual MLK Day of Service hosted by the Hopewell Presbyterian Church. Three Hopewell Valley Central High School graduates, Sarah Cleveland,…
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Sourland Conservancy to offer tree kits via contactless pickup on Oct. 24
A local nonprofit has developed an affordable way to plant a native tree while protecting it from deer damage. The Sourland Conservancy is offering 200 native tree kits for just $10 each. Every kit contains one native tree seedling, a 6-foot by 6-foot or 5-foot by 6-foot length of heavy duty metal fencing to protect…
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LOOSE ENDS 10/2: The Sourlands
By Pam Hersh Among the many important directives and declarations that Gov. Phil Murphy has issued during this first term in office is one that has had a profound impact on me. On June 22, 2018, Gov. Murphy declared on “A Late Show” with Stephen Colbert that Central Jersey is a real place – even…
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Hopewell Elementary School graduating fifth graders leave their mark at Hopewell Borough Park
From June 18-24, Sourland Conservancy hosted the Hopewell Elementary graduating fifth graders and their family to commemorate the moment by planting a pollinator meadow. The families each chose a 30-minute time slot, in order to maintain strict social distancing, to plant in the Foraging Forest in Hopewell Borough Park, which is right next door to…