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Partnership with New Jersey Invasive Species Strike Team

Posted on April 30, 2012 by admin

  Friends of Princeton Open Space is a partner of the New Jersey Invasive Species Strike Team. The Strike Team is an organization aimed at eradicating New Jersey’s newly emerging invasive species before they can cause significant ecological damage to … Continue reading →

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Princeton Green Connections Map

Posted on April 30, 2012 by admin

Friends of Princeton Open Space is working with Sustainable Princeton and other organizations in the community to create an interactive map of Princeton’s natural resources. The Princeton Green Connections Map is intended to show key green spaces and resources available … Continue reading →

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Friends of Princeton Open Space Annual Meeting, April 29

Posted on April 17, 2012 by admin

Emile DeVito, Ph.D., Manager of Science and Stewardship for the New Jersey Conservation Foundation, will be the featured speaker at the Friends of Princeton Open Space 2012 Annual Meeting on Sunday April 29th at 3:00 PM at Mountain Lakes House. … Continue reading →

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Walks Across Princeton

Posted on April 2, 2012 by admin

JOIN FRIENDS OF PRINCETON OPEN SPACE ON APRIL 14th FOR A SERIES OF WALKS TO CELEBRATE PRINCETON’ S NATURAL AREAS. The walks, over long, medium and short courses, will commence at three different starting points and traverse paths and trails … Continue reading →

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Westerly Road Church Youth Volunteer at Mountain Lakes Preserve

Posted on March 28, 2012 by admin

On Saturday, March 24, the Westerly Road Church Youth Group volunteered their time to help with land stewardship at Mountain Lakes Preserve. Friends of Princeton Open Space Naturalist, AeLin Compton, with the help of Steve Hiltner and Andrew Thorton, led … Continue reading →

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FOPOS Welcomes New Natural Resources Manager

Posted on January 16, 2012 by admin

Friends of Princeton Open Space welcomes its new natural resource manager, AeLin Compton.  AeLin succeeds FOPOS’s outgoing resource manager of 6 years, Steve Hiltner. She comes to Friends of Princeton Open Space after working with the NJ Invasive Species Strike … Continue reading →

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More Trail Improvements at Mountain Lakes

Posted on July 5, 2011 by admin

The FOPOS trails committee continues its year-round volunteer work to maintain and improve Princeton’s many nature trails. Here, “corduroy” is being laid over a muddy stretch of trail heading to Witherspoon Woods from Mountain Lakes. A fuller writeup can be … Continue reading →

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Pathway Along Stony Brook

Posted on October 4, 2010 by admin

On October 3rd, 2010 Princeton Township and Friends of Princeton Open Space celebrated the opening of a new pathway along the scenic Stony Brook.  The pathway includes new 125-foot and 60-foot pedestrian bridges, completing a critical linkage enabling cyclists and pedestrians to … Continue reading →

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