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[vc_row][vc_column width=”4\/5″][vc_column_text]The Hemlock Ridge Preserve was purchased March 2009 by the Ridge and Valley Conservancy.\u00a0 \u00a0Located in the Upper Delaware Watershed Management Area (WMA \u2013 1) in Blairstown, NJ, the preserve is a 146 acre Limestone Forest.\u00a0 \u00a0The property consists of a mature, diverse deciduous hardwood forest with dense stands of Canadian hemlock atop limestone.\u00a0 The Rock limestone prominences on the property give a dramatic view of the Paulins Kill Valley.\u00a0 Ridge and Valley took ownership of the property which has a network of hiking trails formerly used for forestry.\u00a0 The ONRR contributed $12,000 towards the purchase from two natural resource damage settlements (Hope Auto Care and Thomas and Betts) also located in WMA-1.<\/p>\n

Due to a discharge from two leaking underground storage tanks at the Hope Auto Care Facility in Hope Township, Warren County, a natural resource damage settlement was finalized for a groundwater plume that impacted two private potable wells.\u00a0 The balance of funding for the preserve was from the Thomas & Betts (Washington Twp\/Morris County) settlement which also injured groundwater.\u00a0 The preserve provides good groundwater recharge while offering the public a scenic place for hiking and bird watching.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/5″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

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[vc_row][vc_column width=”4\/5″][vc_column_text]The Hemlock Ridge Preserve was purchased March 2009 by the Ridge and Valley Conservancy.\u00a0 \u00a0Located in the Upper Delaware Watershed Management Area (WMA \u2013 1) in Blairstown, NJ, the preserve is a 146 acre Limestone Forest.\u00a0 \u00a0The property consists of a mature, diverse deciduous hardwood forest with dense stands of Canadian hemlock atop limestone.\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":114,"featured_media":0,"parent":148,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"fullwidth-title.php","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-711","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nNJDEP| Office of Natural Resources Restoration | Hemlock Ridge Preserve<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"NJDEP| Office of Natural Resources Restoration | Hemlock Ridge Preserve | Page Description\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" 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