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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. |
Annual Meeting on March 25th at 7PM
Please join us on Tuesday March 25 at 7pm at the Moorestown Community House for Save the Environment of Moorestown's (STEM) annual meeting. The meeting will start off with a brief business meeting in which we’ll cover STEMs 2024 activities and elect our board members and officers for our upcoming fiscal year. While all are welcome at the event, only current STEM members can vote. Once the business portion of the meeting is completed, we’ll have a guest speaker who will talk about the findings of the recent ecological study of Swede Run.
Our speaker, Mr. Michael McGraw, is a Senior Project Manager and Senior Wildlife Biologist at Princeton Hydro. Mike has over 20 years of experience in ecological assessments and wildlife surveys. Mike is also an ornithology instructor at the University of Pennsylvania. Mike led the ecological study of Swede Run, focused on the section of Swede Run that traverses the Swede Run Field Open Space. This study, funded by a 2024 New Jersey Audubon Grant provided funding for an ecological, geomorphic and water quality assessment of the waterway. This study will form the basis for STEM to pursue grant money to perform future habitat restoration work in the Swede Run waterway. This future restoration work will build on the phenomenally successful habitat restoration project on the “Big field” at Swede Run which STEM undertook with the US Fish and Wildlife Service and the Township of Moorestown.
Mike is incredible naturalist. I was lucky to have joined Mike on his site visit and I guarantee an amazing and informative presentation. Please join us to learn more about the diversified ecosystem that exist in the Swede Run Fields Open Space. Refreshments will be provided at the meeting. We hope you can join us for what is sure to be a memorable evening.
- Mark Pensiero, STEM President
Our speaker, Mr. Michael McGraw, is a Senior Project Manager and Senior Wildlife Biologist at Princeton Hydro. Mike has over 20 years of experience in ecological assessments and wildlife surveys. Mike is also an ornithology instructor at the University of Pennsylvania. Mike led the ecological study of Swede Run, focused on the section of Swede Run that traverses the Swede Run Field Open Space. This study, funded by a 2024 New Jersey Audubon Grant provided funding for an ecological, geomorphic and water quality assessment of the waterway. This study will form the basis for STEM to pursue grant money to perform future habitat restoration work in the Swede Run waterway. This future restoration work will build on the phenomenally successful habitat restoration project on the “Big field” at Swede Run which STEM undertook with the US Fish and Wildlife Service and the Township of Moorestown.
Mike is incredible naturalist. I was lucky to have joined Mike on his site visit and I guarantee an amazing and informative presentation. Please join us to learn more about the diversified ecosystem that exist in the Swede Run Fields Open Space. Refreshments will be provided at the meeting. We hope you can join us for what is sure to be a memorable evening.
- Mark Pensiero, STEM President
US Fish and Wildlife Service Highlight STEM
STEM teamed with Moorestown Township and the US Fish and Wildlife Service, (through their Partners for Wildlife Program) to convert the 75-acre fallow farm field at Swede Run Fields into a native grass and pollinator field. Planting of the field occurred in the fall of 2021 and spring 2022. The project is ongoing, with planning currently underway for wetlands enhancement on the site.
The US Fish and Wildlife Service chose this project to highlight their Partners for Wildlife Program's success in New Jersey in 2022. STEM is very proud of their involvement in this project and looks forward to continuing our partnership with the Township and US F&W Service to continue to restore this beautiful property.
The US Fish and Wildlife Service chose this project to highlight their Partners for Wildlife Program's success in New Jersey in 2022. STEM is very proud of their involvement in this project and looks forward to continuing our partnership with the Township and US F&W Service to continue to restore this beautiful property.
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