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STEPHANIE MONAHAN

DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT & OUTREACH

PHONE: 908-234-1225, EXT. 106

STEPHANIE@NJCONSERVATION.ORG

Fiesta Mexicana!

DELAWARE TOWNSHIP, NJ, May 7, 2007 – Come join us at New Jersey Conservation Foundation’s (NJCF) annual barn dance - Fiesta Mexicana! We’ll enjoy the live music of Mariachi Oro De Mexico on Saturday, May 12 at 6pm. Fiesta Mexicana! will be held at the preserved Brook Hollow Farm in Delaware Township and will feature an authentic mariachi band, a spectacular variety of delicious foods, live and silent auctions, and dancing.

Tickets are $100 and can be purchased by contacting NJCF at 1-888-LAND-SAVE (1-888-526-3728). All proceeds from the event benefit NJCF’s work to protect the land and natural resources of the Wickecheoke Creek Preserve. The Brook Hollow farm is just west of Sergeantsville.

“NJCF’s barn dance annually attracts close to 200 people and this year’s event promises to be memorable,” said Alix Bacon, NJCF Western Piedmont Regional Manager. “Attire will range from blue jeans and cowboy boots to beautiful Mexican wedding gowns. The Latin music will have everyone up and moving and the food from Chambers Walk Café will be unforgettable.”

Suzanne Perrault of PBS’s “Antiques Roadshow” and The Perrault-Rago Gallery in Lambertville will conduct the event’s live auction which includes a golf outing at Baltusrol, a week on Hilton Head Island, and a Toshiko Takaezu sculpture. The featured auction item, a traditionally handcrafted Tibetan rug, is part of the Cultural Survival Tibetan Weaving Project, which supports the Tibetan community in exile.

New Jersey Conservation Foundation is a non-profit organization that relies on private philanthropic support. Through acquisition and stewardship, NJCF protects strategic lands, promotes strong land use policies, and forges partnerships to achieve conservation goals. Since 1960, NJCF has protected over 100,000 acres of open space – from the Highlands to the Pine Barrens to the Delaware Bayshore.

Over the last 20 years, NJCF and its partners have preserved over 2,000 acres of precious land for public enjoyment and the protection of natural resources in the Western Piedmont area of Hunterdon and Mercer Counties. Today, NJCF manages the Wickecheoke Creek Preserve, a 988-acre public greenway that offers public trails along the course of the beautiful Delaware River tributary. The Wickecheoke Creek is a vital natural resource as it feeds the Delaware & Raritan Canal, a source of drinking water for 1.2 million New Jersey residents. The Wickecheoke Creek Preserve is home to elusive beaver and mink, spectacular great blue herons and endangered species such as red-shouldered hawks, wood turtles and long-tailed salamander as well as over 400 species of native plants.

For more information, please contact NJCF at 1-888-LAND-SAVE (1-888-526-3728) or info@njconservation.org or visit our website at www.njconservation.org.