Jim Amon, the first executive director of the D&R Canal Commission, will discuss the Delaware & Raritan Canal State Park at the annual meeting of D&R Canal Watch at the Mule tenders barracks, 7 Griggstown Causeway, Griggstown, Sunday, June 28.

The nonprofit D&R Canal Watch helps promote, enhance and preserve the Delaware & Raritan Canal State Park.

Mr. Amon is widely credited with transforming the canal into one of the great recreational and environmental assets of Central New Jersey during his 29 years as the commission’s first director, beginning in 1974. He led the Canal Commission when the canal became a state park, which transformed the neglected canal into the treasured linear park that it is today.

After retiring from the Commission, he became director of stewardship of the D&R Greenway, an organization he helped to found in 1989. He recently retired from that post.

Mr. Amon will discuss how the canal and park changed during his nearly three decades at the commission and his experiences as director.

The meeting is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served. The Mule Tenders barracks building is adjacent to the canal towpath. For more information, call (908) 240-0488 or email: barthlinda123@aol.com.