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Rich Recognized for Environmental Protection Efforts

by Kelly Flynn, originally published on 12/27/2019 in The Moorestown Sun
Along Creek Road in Moorestown is an unassuming open space known as The Little Woods on the Rancocas. With shrubbery and trees lining the small path, the space might not look like much to those speeding by, but the path leads to an unexpected 11-acre open space that opens up to a priceless view of the Rancocas River.

Unassuming might also be a fitting a description for the open space’s new namesake. As of February, the space was renamed The Barbara Rich Preserve at Little Woods. Small in stature and exceedingly modest, Rich doesn’t like to call attention to herself, but that hasn’t helped her escape notice from the Moorestown Council, which honors her for her stewardship of Moorestown’s open spaces.

Rich moved to Moorestown in 1970 and joined Save The Environment of Moorestown. At the time, STEM (Save The Environment of Moorestown) was touring the town to identify and map the community’s open spaces, and the more she learned about them, the more Rich began to feel a deep attachment to these untouched and treasured places.
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Preserving the town’s open spaces became something of a passion project for Rich, and she currently serves as STEM’s liaison to the Open Space Committee. While development can be positive, Rich’s priority has always been to see that any development done in town protects the surrounding environment.
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STEM members Betsy Schnorr and Margo Foster present the Kay Smith/STEM Scholarship plaque to Corinna Kelly. The plaque will be mounted in the Guidance Office at the high school.
Kay Smith/STEM Scholorship Awarded to Corinna Kelly
by Margo Foster

The 2019 Moorestown High School Senior Recognition Reception on Tuesday Evening, June 11, at the Athletic Center, was attended by nearly half the graduating class and their families. Many students received multiple awards, ranging from Honors Distinctions, National Merit Recognitions, Community Service Awards, and Departmental Achievement Awards.

The second part of the evening ceremony featured scholarship awardees. The Kay Smith/STEM Scholarship of $2,000 was awared to Corinna Kelly, who plans to pursue her environmental studies at Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA. An avid proponent of living a sustainable lifestyle, Corinna has already opened her mother's eyes to ways of addressing environmental issues on a daily level-"She's taught me a lot."
STEM Plant Sale 2019
by Margo Foster
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Moorestown Day on June 1 provided an opportunity for STEM to showcase two of its current top concerns—encouraging the use of native plants and proper mulching practices at the base of trees.

​The mulching display showed a “volcano” of mulch surrounding the base of a tree—“NO!”—and a properly applied “doughnut” of mulch—“YES!” The display attracted a lot of attention and comments from passersby, from “I never knew that” to “Why?” There were also a few who said, “That’s what I do.”

Young native plants are not showy, but concerned gardeners were happy to purchase baby milkweed to help the Monarch butterflies and other native species, all of which help the insects and other wildlife to survive.
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