When:
Friday June 6, 2014 from 8:00 AM to 3:30 PM EDT
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Cost:
$15 per person (kids under 18 free)
Includes healthy continental breakfast and lunch.
Where:
Hudson Farm
270 Stanhope-Sparta Road
Hopatcong, NJ 07843
Driving Directions:
Route 80 W to Exit 25 (Stanhope, Newton). Exit here and proceed for 1/4 mile. Bear left onto Route 206 North. At 3rd traffic light, turn right onto Lackawanna Drive (Route 607 South), across from Lockwood Tavern. Continue for 2 miles (see Lake Lackawanna on your right). At the stop sign, continue straight but veer to your right a little. Proceed through a tunnel and continue for 1-1/2 miles. Come to a flashing red light. Turn left onto Stanhope Road (Route 605 North). Continue for appoximately 500 yards. See a gap in the guardrail; see sign for Hudson Farm. Turn right into driveway.
Also, use the link below for directions via Mapquest.
Driving Directions
Contact:
Greg Daly, Chair
Phone: 973-697-4382 Email: greg@nyoda.com
Dennis Galway, Co-Chair Phone: 908-696-9133 Email: dgalwaydsl@verizon.net
TREE FARM DAY FRIDAY JUNE 6th 2014
Hudson Farm
270 Stanhope-Sparta Road
Andover - Byram Township - Sussex County, NJ
www.treefarmsystem.org/new-jersey
Registration Deadline has been extended! Register before June 5th!!
What an outstanding day planned for you all at Hudson Farm tree farm; a diverse habitat and multi-use 4000+ acre tree farm located in Sussex County! Some of the activites planned include:
- visits to restoration projects by NJ Fish & Wildlfe (NJF&W), NJ Audubon, Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS), Trout Unlimited & Quality Deear Management (QDMA)
- talks about forestry for amphibians and vernal ponds
- discussion of Aldo Leopold's Axe in Hand
- honoring the 70th anniversary of D-day with WWII vets attending
- flag raising ceremony at 8:30 am sharp!
Of course we will have our traditional presentation of awards for Outstanding Tree Farmer of the Year (OTFY) and the Forest Stewardship Landowner of the Year, Tree ID contest with prizes for winner, raffle of a Stihl product, 50/50 cash raffle, and the "silent auction". Come share with us in celebrating 68 years of tree farming in New Jersey and congratulating your peers for their outstanding achievements in forestry.
If you have an item to donate to our "silent auction", please contact Greg or Dennis and/or bring it with you. We encourage you to mark Friday, June 6th on your calendar and come out and see more truly outstanding forestry and, at the same time, support your NJ Tree Farm Program. Plan to spend the entire day with your fellow tree farmers and forest conservationists having fun and learning new things!
Registration Deadline has been extended to Thursday, June 5th.
Area Attractions: Wild West City, Allamuchy State Park, Kittatinny State Park, Lake Hopatcong, Budd Lake, Lake Mohawk, canoeing, hiking, birding, fishing, camping & golf. Come enjoy a weekend getaway starting with Tree Farm Day on Friday!
Check our NJ Forest Service & Official NJ website links for more area information. Go to www.treefarmsystem.org/new-jersey or www.njforestry.org