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Posts Tagged 'hunterdon land trust alliance'
Tags: hunterdon land trust alliance
Posted in biological diversity, climate stabilization and/or air pollution mitigation project, land preservation project, recreation & aethestics, water protection, filtration, & control
The 108 acre Urbach farm is a beautiful mix of open fields, woody old fields, woodlands and stream corridors. It extends from Klinesville Road (County Route 617) north to Cherryville Hollow Road, Raritan Township. The property borders the ridge that divides the Assiscong Creek and the Walnut Brook and affords a spectacular view of the Highlands to the North.
The land includes the wooded stream corridor along the Assiscong Creek, a tributary to the South Branch of the Raritan River, which provides drinking water to over 1 million New Jersey residents. The land supports a diverse wildlife population including a variety of mammals and large numbers of different species of birds, including warblers and pileated woodpeckers. The benefits of preservation of this land include stream water quality protection, flood control, groundwater recharge, conservation of wildlife habitat, preservation of rural character and opportunities for recreation including hiking and wildlife observation.
The farm compliments an extensive greenway of preserved open space parcels in the area associated with the Assiscong Creek –Raritan Township conservation lands to the north and extensive Township and County parklands along the Walnut Brook to the south extending nearly continuously to the Hunterdon Land Trust Association Dvoor Farm and beyond.
Ecosystem Services Provided:
Climate Stabilization and Air Pollution Mitigation: Carbon sequestration- avoided deforestation
Water Protection, Filtration & Control: Water quality and quantity- protection of headwaters and groundwater recharge areas, flood control
Biological Diversity: Habitat- protection and enhancement of grassland bird habitat
Recreation & Aesthetics: Public access- hiking trails, wildlife observation
Total Project Cost: $1,515,000
Status: Over $1 million has been raised for this project through county Open Space Trust Funds and State Green Acres Funds. Approximately $470,900 is still needed.
For more information about this project, please contact Conservation Resources Inc.
Tags: hunterdon land trust alliance
Posted in biological diversity, climate stabilization and/or air pollution mitigation project, land preservation project, water protection, filtration, & control
The Trstensky property consists of woods, farm fields and portions of the Lockatong Creek. Preservation will allow restoration activities along the Lockatong Creek and will connect with the adjacent preserved parcel of 33 acres, acquired in January 2010 by the Hunterdon Land Trust Alliance from the same landowner. The woods and riparian corridor are valuable water recharge areas and wildlife habitat. This property consists of 90% wooded wetlands, and offers great birding habitat.
The Lockatong Creek is an identified project area of the Hunterdon Land Trust Alliance and this will add to already preserved parcels along that C1 stream. The Lockatong is a tributary of the Delaware River and consequently protection of the Lockatong watershed area also protects the Delaware River.
Ecosystem Services Provided:
Climate Stabilization and Air Pollution Mitigation: Carbon sequestration- avoided deforestation
Water Protection, Filtration, & Control: Water quality- protection of stream buffers, protection of headwaters and groundwater recharge areas
Biological Diversity: Habitat- protection of riparian forest habitat, and potential restoration of warm season grassland habitat
Total Project Cost: $588,900
Status: HLTA has a signed contract with the seller and closing could occur in Spring of 2011 if funding commitments are obtained by the end of June 2010.
If you would like further information about this project, please contact Conservation Resources Inc.
Tags: hunterdon land trust alliance
Posted in biological diversity, climate stabilization and/or air pollution mitigation project, land preservation project, water protection, filtration, & control
This property is under contract with the Hunterdon Land Trust Alliance (HLTA). HLTA is working on establishing the funding for the purchase of this property through Franklin Township and Hunterdon County. The property is in the Lockatong project area of HLTA and has a portion of the Lockatong Creek, a C1 stream running across the property. This property has never been built upon and is adjacent to over 100 acres of unbroken forest. The Township of Franklin is working actively to preserve farming and watersheds throughout the area.
This property contains riparian corridor and woods habitat, with bog turtles and many bird species, such as vesper sparrows, great horned owl and woodpeckers. Trees include ironwood, shag bark hickory and other mature deciduous forest trees.
There is a farmed area along Pittstown Road which could be restored to native warm season grasslands.
Ecosystem Services Provided:
Climate Stabilization and Air Pollution Mitigation: Carbon sequestration- avoided deforestation
Water Protection, Filtration, & Control: Water quality- protection of stream buffers, protection of headwaters
Biological Diversity: Habitat- protection of riparian forest habitat, restoration of native warm season grasses for grassland bird habitat
Total Project Cost: $441,000
Status: Franklin Township will provide $137,000 in Green Acres funds and $78,000 in open space funds; in addition, the Hunterdon Land Trust Alliance (HLTA) is expecting a Hunterdon County nonprofit grant of $85,000. No technical reports, including appraisals, will be ordered until funding is firm.
If you would like further information about this project, please contact Conservation Resources Inc.
Tags: franklin parker small grants program, hunterdon land trust alliance
Posted in biological diversity, climate stabilization and/or air pollution mitigation project, land preservation project, projects funded by conservation resources, recreation & aethestics, water protection, filtration, & control
In 2009, CRI awarded the Hunterdon Land Trust Alliance a $3,500 grant for this project through its Franklin Parker Small Grants Program. In addition, CRI granted $338,000 towards this project through the 2009 RPWHP Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Re-grant Program.
Preservation of this 96-acre property will protect significant grassland bird habitat as well as a wetland area and a heron rookery near the Route 31/202 corridor and a Hunterdon County golf course. The land will be managed for grassland bird habitat and is located in the Amwell Grasslands, a critical habitat area for state listed endangered and threatened grassland birds species and associated wildlife. It will provide an area for passive recreation as well as a scenic view for the public. Preservation of this property will contribute to the protection of critical watershed lands along a Category 2 stream, the Neshanic River. The site has also been identified by the NJ Division of Fish and Wildlife, Endangered and Non-game Species Program Landscape Project Area as a priority for grassland habitat.
This project is part of the Raritan Piedmont Wildlife Habitat Partnership plan (RPWHP) and is a Priority Parcel within the East Amwell Grassland Region focus area. This area is particularly valuable from the perspectives of preserving and/or protecting wildlife habitats, protecting significant environmental resources and preventing the degradation of water quality.
Ecosystem Services Provided:
Climate Stabilization and Air Pollution Mitigation: Carbon sequestration- avoided deforestation, grassland restoration
Water Protection, Filtration, and Control: Water quality- protection of headwaters
Biological Diversity: Habitat- Endangered and Non-game Species Program Landscape Project Area
Recreation and Aesthetics: Public access- hiking trails, access to waterfront
Total Project Cost: $2,239,350
Status: The Hunterdon Land Trust Alliance has secured a purchase contract for the property and is pursuing funding for both land and technical costs to get to closing. The project will be funded through Raritan Township and Hunterdon County with an anticipated closing date of August 1, 2010.
If you would like further information about this project, contact Conservation Resources Inc.
Tags: franklin parker small grants program, hunterdon land trust alliance, new jersey conservation foundation, wma 11 (central delaware)
Posted in projects funded by conservation resources
CRI awarded this project $2,000 through its Franklin Parker Small Grants Program in 2007, and an additional $2,000 in 2008.
This property represents one of the last large tracts of undeveloped land on the Delaware River bluffs, provides views of the river, has habitat significant enough to support endangered plants or animals, and is adjacent to hundreds of acres of state preserved land with public access. It contains more than 150 acres for recreation, provides good access, and has potential to fill an identified public recreation need. The project is conveniently located near areas of population concentration. A large section of Copper Creek, a high quality tributary of the Delaware River, runs through the property.
The Hunterdon Land Trust Alliance and New Jersey Conservation Foundation, in partnership with Kingwood Township, purchased over 329 acres of critical property within the Delaware River Greenway project area. The property is directly adjacent to public land acquired by the state and is a critical property within the greenway of contiguous land that has been acquired along the Delaware Bluffs by various partners. The property is jointly owned by the state, county, and municipality and utilized as public parkland.
Ecosystem Services Provided:
Water Protection, Filtration & Control: Water quality- protection of headwaters, groundwater recharge
Climate Stabilization and Air Pollution Mitigation: Carbon sequestration- avoided deforestation
Biological Diversity: Habitat- federal threatened species habitat protection, extension of habitat corridors
Recreation & Aesthetics: Public access- hiking trails, access to waterfront
Total Project Cost: $9,000,000
Status: This project is closed. New Jersey Conservation Foundation purchased an easement on the 48-acre farmland parcel, ensuring that it remains in agricultural use forever. Funding came from the State Agriculture Development Committee (SADC) and U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm and Ranchlands Protection Program.
Tags: franklin parker small grants program, hunterdon land trust alliance, northeast organic farming association of nj, wma 09 (lower raritan south river and lawrence)
Posted in agricultural production, land preservation project, projects funded by conservation resources, supplemental environmental project
In 1999, The Hunterdon Land Trust Alliance (HLTA) acquired title to the Dvoor Farm, a 40 acre historic farmstead in Raritan Township.
The Dvoor Farm is a perfect illustration of the evolution of New Jersey’s agricultural community throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. The property, with its wealth of agricultural accessory buildings, is architecturally significant and provides a critical connection in a greenway of preserved land along the Mine Brook in Raritan Township. In the long term, the HLTA hopes to make the farm a self-sustaining public resource by restoring and reusing the buildings and property for public use, while generating income to support the restoration and maintenance of the buildings and ensuring responsible stewardship of the land.
Specifically, this historic landmark can be used as a public education center and demonstration farm based on the community supported agriculture model, to promote sustainable agriculture and natural resource protection. The HLTA is working with the Northeast Organic Farming Association of NJ to develop plans for sustainable farming of the land, and for public access to Dvoor Farms’ offerings. The farm lies within a grenbelt of preserved land along the Mine Brook. Long term plans include linking the farm to other community resources through walking trails, which will provide the public more opportunities to visit the farm. Public educational workshops are also envisioned.
To make the Dvoor Farm Project a success, the Hunterdon Land Trust Alliance has identified the following goals:
- Maintain the buildings in serviceable condition and prevent further deterioration;
- Create a master plan for future use of the farm as a public resource;
- Maximize public access to the farm;
- Establish stakeholder and volunteer groups to assist in restoration, maintenance, and planning efforts.
Ecosystem Services Provided:
Agricultural Production: Local food systems- community supported agriculture, farmer’s market, organic agriculture, sustainable farming, nutrition education
Total Project Cost: $225,000
CRI has provided funding for the Dvoor project through its Franklin Parker Small Grants program: $4,000 in 2007, and $4,000 in 2008.
Status: The Hunterdon Land Trust Alliance acquired the Dvoor Farm in 1999. They are seeking funds to restore and maintain the historic farm buildings, and turn the farm into a public education center and demonstration farm. The condition of the buildings has been evaluated, and immediate and long-term repairs and mainteance issues have been identified;
If you would like further information about this project, please contact Conservation Resources Inc.
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