CELEBRATE OPEN SPACE 2008!
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Thanks to everyone who attended Celebrate Open Space! on Saturday evening, June 14, 2008. In spite of the severe thunderstorms, everyone had a good time! Check back for photos!
The Donald B. Jones Award was given this year to retired PSE&G executive James A. Shissias for selfless generosity in his career to conservation efforts.
Scenes: Celebrate Open Space, Princeton Packet, June 20, 2008
Celebrate Open Space! 2007
The 2007 Donald B. Jones Award was presented by: (L-R) Richard Goldman, Chairman Board of Trustees, D&R Greenway Land Trust and Linda Mead, Executive Director, D&R Greenway Land Trust to Leslie Potter, David Sandahl, David Nettles, and David Knights. The first ever Junior Donald B. Jones Award was presented to Callie Considine for her fundraising efforts on behalf of St. Michael's.
A highlight of CELEBRATE OPEN SPACE! was the presentation of the 2007 Donald B. Jones Conservation Award to the Hopewell community represented by Hopewell Borough Mayor, David Nettles, Hopewell Township Mayor Vanessa Sandom and Leslie Potter, Chair of St. Michael's property in Hopewell, in recognition of their outstanding contribution to preserving our land and our region's environmental health. Together, the community raised over $3.3 million to save the 337-acre St. Michael's property in Hopewell. The first everJunior Donald B. Jones Award was presented to Callie Considine for her enthusiastic fundraising drive to save St. Michael's lands.
Donald B. Jones Award Recipients
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Leslie Jones Sauer with her family as she receives the Donald B. Jones Award |
2006 - Leslie Jones Sauer, Author, The Once and Future Forest: A Guide to Forest Restoration Strategies
2005 - Charles M. Hartman, former Board Chair, D&R Greenway Land Trust
2004 - James C. Amon, Executive Director, Delaware & Raritan Canal Commission; for his vision in protecting the D&R Canal and as founder of related environmental organizations
2003 - Becky Taylor , Director of Community Relations, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company; for spearheading corporate philanthropy to protect livable communities in the region
2002 - Pamela Mount, Deputy Mayor, Lawrence Township; Owner, Terhune Orchards; for her leadership in the preservation of Carson Road Woods in Lawrence Township
2001 - William M. Swain, Jr., Director, Regional Planning Partnership; member of the Urban Land Institute; for his contributions of real estate expertise that led to D&R Greenway Land Trust's early land preservation successes at McBurney Woods in the Sourlands and along the Stony Brook Greenway
2000 - Dennis B. Davidson, Deputy Director, NJDEP Green Acres Program; for his vision and leadership in leading the New Jersey Green Acres Program to protect .5 million acres since 1975
1999 - Christine Todd Whitman, Governor, State of New Jersey; for creating a significant dedicated source of funding for New Jersey's natural lands and farms through the 1998 Open Space Referendum
1998 - Samuel Hamill, Jr., founder, D&R Greenway Land Trust and accomplished environmental planner with New Jersey Future; for his initiative in promotion of smart growth and the protection of the region's greenspace infrastructure
1997 - Wendy Mager & the Friends of Princeton Open Space; for voluntary commitment that resulted in permanent preservation of the Institute Lands at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton Township
1996 - Mary C. Tanner, founder , Lawrence Township Conservation Foundation; for her dedication to early conservation efforts in the region including the protection of Shipetaukin Woods in Lawrence Township
1995- Clem Fiori, noted nature photographer; for raising awareness about the need for protection of the state's natural lands and farms by publishing The Vanishing New Jersey Landscapes
D&R Greenway Land Trust thanks Educational Testing Service for their generosity in underwriting our past Greenway Gala events.
Samples of Past Artwork Inspired by Nature -
Artwork shown above: Great Blue Heron by Richard Grant
Artwork Top Right: Lentaboden by Rick Hasney
Erica Barton Haba created the Donald B. Jones Award plate. Her design is based on one of a series of ancient mosaics in the floor of the Church of San Marco in Venice dating from the 4th to the 6th centuries. The origin is probably Byzantine. The design represents infinity in the form of an endlessly circling band. The inner "ribbon" of water bordered by green is set on an earthly ground with abstract plant forms. The center around which the design turns is the D&R Greenway maple leaf logo.