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Land Resources / News / New Jersey
East Amwell officials help celebrate 89 acre grassland preservation
Source: NJ.com, by Cristina Rojas
November 04, 2011 
Overlooking the vast expanse of grasslands that slopes toward the forested Sourland Ridge, more than a dozen advocates of open space held a celebration Nov. 2 to applaud the acquisition of the 89-acre parcel on Cider Mill Road. In a cooperative partnership, the Delaware & Raritan Greenway Land Trust cobbled together money for the $2,056,110 acquisition from state funds and nonprofit groups: $400,000 from state land acquisition funds, $400,000 from East Amwell’s Green Acres grant, $200,000 from the Natural Resource Damages Fund to match half of the township’s contribution, $407,882 from the county’s nonprofit grant program, $411,222 from Conservation Resources Inc., and $237,006 from a Green Acres nonprofit grant. Since some of the money pledged was unavailable for the December 2010 closing, a low-interest loan from the Open Space Institute enabled the land trust to meet the purchase price by the deadline. Earlier this year, the other partners helped pay back the loan.
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