Alloway Township Farm Preserved

NJCF, in partnership with the State Green Acres program, recently preserved the 170-acre Love Farm in Alloway Township, Salem County. The property was purchased by Green Acres from Sarah Love and expands the Thundergut Wildlife Management Area.

A recently preserved farm in Alloway Township, Salem County Click for Full Photo

Located in NJCF's Burden Hill Forest project area, the property has road frontage along Commissioners Pike and County Route 611. Its open fields, woodlands, breathtaking views and rolling landscape provide critical foraging and nesting habitat for bald eagles.

The property was being marketed for development when NJCF reached out to the realtor and landowner, initiating the preservation effort. Working in tandem with Green Acres, NJCF was able to establish the preservation agreement and complete appraisals on the property. Green Acres then completed the acquisition, resulting in the protection of an extraordinary piece of the Burden Hill Forest.

Janet Eisenhauer [About] Delaware Bayshore Regional Manager NJ Conservation Foundation (856) 589-4317 janet@njconservation.org

Burden Hill Forest is a 15,000-acre, mostly contiguous forest complex, located in southwestern Salem County, in the Alloway and Stow Creek watersheds. It spans the three townships of Alloway, Quinton, and Lower Alloways Creek. The forest is of unique ecological value, supporting an array of rare and endangered wildlife, including species of migratory songbirds and flora, such as swamp pink, Allegheny chinquapin and American chestnuts.