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Save the Environment of Moorestown was founded in 1972 as a grassroots organization with a mission to preserve, protect, and enhance the natural environment of Moorestown, New Jersey, for today and for future generations. STEM’s work over the years to address local environmental issues such as water and air pollution, solid waste disposal, & recycling also includes helping to preserve and protect Moorestown’s open spaces. Our Natural Area Care program helps to maintain these sites on an ongoing basis. We are always looking for new members.
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Two Guided Walks This Spring
Mark Pensiero, STEM president and local birder, will lead two walks this Spring for Moorestown’s Department of Parks and Recreation. The first walk is at Esther Yanai Preserve on April 24th. The second walk is at Pompeston Creek Park on May 8th. We’ll meet at the Fernwood Road entrance to the park on May 8th. Fernwood Rd. intersects New Albany Road between Riverton Road and Church Street. Both walks will start at 7:30am and will last for approximately an hour and a half. Both sites are great for spring birding as the neotropical birds are migrating to their breeding sites. Bring binoculars, and your curiosity. You can sign up for the walks on the Parks and Recreation section of the Moorestown website after March 15th. Please only sign-up for one walk as we want to give as many people as possible the chance to experience the wonders of Spring migration. Please visit the Open Spaces page to learn more about STEM and Moorestown’s preserved open spaces. You can also find maps of both Esther Yanai and Pompeston Park.
Mark Pensiero, STEM president and local birder, will lead two walks this Spring for Moorestown’s Department of Parks and Recreation. The first walk is at Esther Yanai Preserve on April 24th. The second walk is at Pompeston Creek Park on May 8th. We’ll meet at the Fernwood Road entrance to the park on May 8th. Fernwood Rd. intersects New Albany Road between Riverton Road and Church Street. Both walks will start at 7:30am and will last for approximately an hour and a half. Both sites are great for spring birding as the neotropical birds are migrating to their breeding sites. Bring binoculars, and your curiosity. You can sign up for the walks on the Parks and Recreation section of the Moorestown website after March 15th. Please only sign-up for one walk as we want to give as many people as possible the chance to experience the wonders of Spring migration. Please visit the Open Spaces page to learn more about STEM and Moorestown’s preserved open spaces. You can also find maps of both Esther Yanai and Pompeston Park.
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NJDEP Summer Jobs
Do you know a young person with an interest in the outdoors or sees an environmental career in their future? If so, check out this post from Jay Springer at NJDEP. They have a summer program offering jobs in NJ’s State Parks. Sounds like a great way to spend the summer and learn more about NJ’s State Parks while gaining wonderful real life work experience.
Jobs. Green ones. A key priority for me at NJDEP is building youth interest in environmental careers, and especially helping our diverse youth see themselves in public service, with environmental protection a top, worthwhile and personally fulfilling prospect. Whether in natural resource management, environmental regulation, or clean energy, the NJ Department of Environmental Protection has much to offer the would-be environmental professional. One great way for our youth to get their feet green is spending a summer getting paid in New Jersey's state parks. From leading nature tours to patrolling with our State Park Police, there is a world of opportunity to explore. Tell everyone you know--especially our youth. https://lnkd.in/ec7cPEA |
July & August Projects
STEM and Moorestown’s Department of Parks and Recreation are finalizing their plans to improve the trails at two of Moorestown’s Open Spaces. The projects are designed to improve the trails through the construction of walkways, the re-routing of parts of the trails and general trail enhancement. The work will be performed at the Esther Yanai Preserve and South Valley Woods, two of Moorestown’s preserved open spaces. The Esther Yanai Project is scheduled to start on 7/19 and is expected to last no more than three days. We plan on starting promptly at 8:30 and working until 11:30. The South Valley Woods project is scheduled to start on 8/2, expected to last no more than three days. Just like at Esther Yanai, we’ll start promptly at 8:30 and work until 11:30. We are looking for adults to help supervise the teenagers. The plan is for the teenagers to do the heavy lifting. Ideally, we would love to get commitments to work all three days of a project, but anything would help. Our plan is to have most of the work involving saws done prior to project start so that most of the onsite work will be assembly of the walkways at the desired site. 3-4 adults at each site would be perfect. We’ll need wheelbarrows, rakes, and pruners to move mulch and re-route the trails, and cordless drills to assemble the walkways. If you are interested, please email markpensiero99@gmail.com and provide: 1. Your Name 2. Preferred Work Location 3. Length of commitment - 1, 2 or 3 days 4. Phone Number 5. Tools you can provide |
STEM Needs Your Help!
As you probably already know, STEM is finalizing our plan to plant and maintain a 4,000 square foot, 1,000 plant pollinator garden at Swedes Run Field. This garden will wrap around the old stone building (left), which will provide a stunning back drop to the garden.
We are looking for an individual who will step up and help us manage the volunteers who will help us bring this vision to a reality. We are going to need two sets of volunteers – the first group will help with all the steps required in establishing the garden, including site preparation, planting, watering, and mulching. The second group are the leaders (can be individuals or teams) who will step up and commit to watering and weeding a section of the garden. Our expectation is that the garden will be broken into nine sections or zones. These zones will be a little over 400 square feet and house a little over 100 plants. It is critically important that these plants receive approximately one inch of water a week, particularly during the summer months.
Our critical need is for someone who will help us manage the volunteers and zone leaders who will help us plant and then manage the site. If you think you can help, please contact Mark Pensiero via his email – markpensiero99@gmail.com or his cell phone at 856-235-0171.
There will be another update shortly that will be a call for the volunteers and leaders. I would love to have a volunteer coordinator in place prior in sending out the call for help. I am very confident that we’ll be successful in pulling together the required volunteers to make this happen. Just last Saturday, with virtually no advance notice, we had 17 volunteers come out to help us clear stones off the property! The response was amazing. I am confident that other volunteers to step forward and help us turn this vision into a reality.
Thanks for your consideration,
Mark Pensiero
President, STEM
We are looking for an individual who will step up and help us manage the volunteers who will help us bring this vision to a reality. We are going to need two sets of volunteers – the first group will help with all the steps required in establishing the garden, including site preparation, planting, watering, and mulching. The second group are the leaders (can be individuals or teams) who will step up and commit to watering and weeding a section of the garden. Our expectation is that the garden will be broken into nine sections or zones. These zones will be a little over 400 square feet and house a little over 100 plants. It is critically important that these plants receive approximately one inch of water a week, particularly during the summer months.
Our critical need is for someone who will help us manage the volunteers and zone leaders who will help us plant and then manage the site. If you think you can help, please contact Mark Pensiero via his email – markpensiero99@gmail.com or his cell phone at 856-235-0171.
There will be another update shortly that will be a call for the volunteers and leaders. I would love to have a volunteer coordinator in place prior in sending out the call for help. I am very confident that we’ll be successful in pulling together the required volunteers to make this happen. Just last Saturday, with virtually no advance notice, we had 17 volunteers come out to help us clear stones off the property! The response was amazing. I am confident that other volunteers to step forward and help us turn this vision into a reality.
Thanks for your consideration,
Mark Pensiero
President, STEM
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