FOREST STEWARDSHIP:
Deer Exclusion Fencing Complete!
With the Borough's support, and tremendous dedication from almost three dozen hard workers, installation of fencing for three deer exclusion sites is complete!
Seven CNC trail maintenance volunteers, Dr. Jay Kelly and 6 students from Raritan Valley Community College, plus 20 young people from the Closter Nature Center Summer Program, installed 6,600 feet of fencing (a total of 1 1/8 miles!), enclosing 30 acres of our 136 acre nature center. This will keep the deer out of certain areas so the forest understory and young trees can recover from many years of deer browse, and survive to shape our future forest.
With Naturalist Director Marc Gussen, board members Joel Rudin and Beth Ravit attended the Mayor & Council meeting on Wednesday, August 14th to thank the Borough for their financial support for this project, and to let them know the fence is installed.
SEPTEMBER AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM
Let's Take a Hike !
Come explore the trails of the Nature Center. See the sights, meet the animals and have some fun outside this September! Please dress for the weather.
Pre-K-K Tues.10th, 17th & 24th
1st-2nd Gr. Wed. 11th, 18th & 25th
3rd-6th Gr. Thurs. 12th, 19th & 26th
Cost: $40 members,
$50 non-members
Time: 3:45pm to 5:00pm
In person registration, please call Marc Gussen at (201) 750-2778.
----- SUMMER PROGRAM NOTES -----
The summer program was a huge success this year! We had 25 amazing volunteers helping with our summer classes.
Thanks so much to Brielle, Christian, Christina, Derin, Elena, Eric, James G., James S., Jay, Jonathan, Josephine, Kevin, Liam, Luke, Marin, Mia, Natasha, Noah, Olivia, Reese, Rhett, Shauna, Sienna, Sohyun, and Zach. Without them, our summer classes would not have been possible. These wonderful volunteers made this summer filled with memories and great experiences. We hope they learned and grew, and most importantly: had fun!
Special thanks also to Adri Lindgren for letting us visit her animals and hosting a wonderful end of the year party. This summer is definitely marked in everyone’s calendar as the Best Summer Ever!
