The additional 691 acres expands the preserved land by 50% — from 1,227 to 1,918 acres.
The nonprofit New Jersey Conservation Foundation has purchased 691 acres of a former cranberry farm to add to itsin Burlington County — opening a new swath of prime Pinelands habitat and trails to the public.
“This is a beautiful property crossed by several tributaries of the Burrs Mill Brook and containing mature stands of Atlantic white cedar, a native tree that has been greatly reduced in New Jersey over the centuries due to logging and mismanagement,” Stephanie Kreiser, the foundation’s director for South Jersey, said in a statement announcing the acquisition.
The New Jersey Conservation Foundation said the property connects to other large swaths of protected land and is likely a habitat for threatened and endangered species. It has 8.6 miles of stream and 29 acres of open water. Bill Rawlyk, Mid-Atlantic field coordinate for the Open Space Institute, called the project, “a natural fit” for the fund and will protect the waterways at the preserve, part of the Delaware River watershed.
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