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Nature trail
There are service roads and trails throughout the United Water
properties open to watershed recreation participants. Years ago,
United Water developed an extensive system of trails on property in
Emerson, NJ, located off Main Street. The trails traversed hardwood
and pine forests, wetlands and uplands, mature tree stands and
young growth stands. These different ecological areas provide for a
diversity of wildlife, especially birds.
The trails were developed with the assistance over the years
from area naturalists, teachers, students, and environmental and
nature center organizations. High school students with United Water
New Jersey’s Explorer Post assisted in placing the benches along the
trails. A landscape architect student from Rutgers University’s Cook
College served a summer as an intern with United Water and helped
lay out the final system of trails.
In 2011, an Eagle Scout candidate from Emerson installed a
kiosk and cleared some of the trails. Plans are to redevelop the trail
system within the 90 acre tract of land in Emerson over the next few
years using volunteers and United Water personnel.
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