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U.S. 1 Crashes a Party: Green Acres' 50th Anniversary [U.S. 1 Newspaper, November 2, 2011]Margaret O’Gorman, left; Jay Watson, D&R Greenway; Congressman Rush Holt; Amy Cradic. Photo courtesy of U.S. 1 Newspaper. 
"Virtually everyone who is anyone in land preservation and who supports land preservation was on hand at the 50th anniversary celebration of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection’s Green Acres program, the oldest program of its kind in the nation. Held at D&R Greenway Land Trust, the event drew guests from every corner of the field." [Click to read more]
[Click to see more photos from the event - courtesy of U.S. 1 Newsaper]
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Seeds for New York: The Lawn Guy [The New York Times, October 23, 2011]Ed Toth, director of New York City's native plant center 
"A seed, to most people, is an inscrutable thing, a closed box waiting to be unpacked. But for Ed Toth, the director of New York City’s native plant center on Staten Island, it is a wide-open window, with a view stretching back to the last Ice Age and forward into the future. Mr. Toth, a botanist who has worked with the city’s Department of Parks and Recreation for a quarter-century, is an updated, urbanized Johnny Appleseed, fired by the same spirit as those who champion locally grown food. He zealously advocates the use of not only native plants, but those propagated from seeds that were harvested as close to New York as possible." [Click to read more]
D&R Greenway, New Jersey Water Supply Authority and partners preserve 88 acres on Plum Brook in Delaware Township, Hunterdon County [Press Release, August 3, 2011]Marsh Pink uncommon wildflower 
"On August 3rd, D&R Greenway Land Trust completed their latest open space acquisition, the 88-acre Central Jersey Beagle Club property located in Delaware Township, Hunterdon County. A most unique property located on the Plum Brook, the land was preserved in partnership with the New Jersey Water Supply Authority, Hunterdon County, Delaware Township and NJDEP’s Green Acres program..." [Click to read more]
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Delaware River Sojourn Honors Lady High Admiral Linda Mead [The Princeton Packet,Linda Mead, left, President & CEO of D&R Greenway, stands with Dave Simon and Sandy Shultz; all are honorary founders of the Delaware River Sojourn. 
July 6, 2011]
"Every river has its stories, and the Delaware is no different. There's the one about the logger Daniel Skinner who, in the 1760s, made an 80-foot raft of logs and set off from the Catskill Mountains to the shore of Philadelphia, some 200 miles downstream. That story was told in Trenton June 24, during a presentation on land preservation at the Trenton City Park and Boat Launch, when president and CEO of D&R Greenway Land Trust Linda Mead was named Lady High Admiral of the Day..."
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- Sourlands Ecosystem Preserve: "New Jersey's Central Park" [Press Release, May 23, 2011]
The Sandy Road by Charles McVicker 
"D&R Greenway Land Trust announces the renaming of its first preserve to The Sourlands Ecosystem Preserve, formerly McBurney Woods. The result of 20 years of intricate acquisitions, The Sourlands Ecosystem Preserve was accomplished through the vital partnership of D&R Greenway and New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection’s Green Acres program..." [Click to read more]
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Large protection deal would save nearly 2,000 acres in Mercer, Burlington, Monmouth counties [The Times, April 19, 2011]Bill Flemer speaking at the announcement ceremony for the preservation of Princeton Nurseries 
"Surrounded by blooming magnolias and dogwoods, more than two dozen local and state officials gathered in Upper Freehold yesterday to announce the $27.8 million preservation of nearly 2,000 acres straddling three counties including Mercer..." [Click to read more]
Linda Mead, President & CEO of D&R Greenway, and Jessica Durrie, owner of Small World Coffee 
- Small World Coffee becomes D&R Greenway's newest Business Partner in Preservation [Press Release, April 2011]
"President & CEO, Linda Mead celebrates D&R Greenway Land Trust’s newest Business Partner in Preservation, Small World Coffee. This legendary Witherspoon Street Café recently donated over $1,300 raised from their art exhibition, the “Love Show”..." [Click to read more]
- "Giving Credit" editorial about D&R Greenway [Hunterdon County Democrat, April 7, 2011]
"...D&R [Greenway]'s determination to share its success by also sharing credit -- in its [2010 Annual] report and its news releases announcing purchases -- sets a standard to other nonprofits. Every group would be wise to emulate D&R [Greenway]'s practice..." [Click to read more]