July 10, 2013

Naturalist-Jeff Hoagland To Lead Walk, Thursday

An evening trail-and-stream-walk and family picnic at the D&R Greenway, co-sponsored by Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association (SBMA), will be held Thursday, July 11, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on the King Terrace in D&R Greenway’s Greenway Meadows at One Preservation Place, off Rosedale Road in Princeton.

The trail-&-stream-walk will be led by SBMA’s Education Director Jeff Hoagland. The Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association has protected central New Jersey’s water and environment since 1949. The organization teaches conservation, advocacy, science, and education and continually speaks out for water and the environment. It focuses on water in its quest to protect and restore sensitive habitats. It tests for water pollution. Its mission is to inspire the care of and protection for the natural world through its waterways.

Participants are invited to bring along a picnic supper. Beverages and dessert will be provided. Children must be accompanied by parent or guardian and it is advisable to wear shoes that can be worn in water. The cost is $5 per person. To register, call (609) 924-4646 or send an email to: rsvp@drgreen
way.org. If weather is “iffy,” call D&R Greenway, (609) 924-4646, on the afternoon of the event.