FOPOS
FOPOS Seeks Program Coordinator

FOPOS seeks a part-time program coordinator to work directly with FOPOS’s Director of Natural Resources and Stewardship to manage the organization’s year-round volunteer stewardship program and community events series. The selected candidate should be detail-oriented and able to manage emails, databases, program messaging and schedules as well as improve upon existing systems and workflow. Ideally, the program coordinator will be an enthusiastic person supportive of and tapped into land stewardship and preservation within the greater Princeton area. Web design skills, and experience in fundraising or marketing and promoting a business are a plus. This is an administrative job that offers flexibility in location, with the ideal candidate available to participate in regular in-person meetings and work sessions, as well as be present for key events located at the Billy Johnson Mountain Lakes Nature Preserve in Princeton, NJ.

This is an ongoing position that has the potential to grow with the right candidate, and is suitable for professionals as well as recent graduates with applicable skill sets.

FOPOS Seeks Program Coordinator
annual appeal, land preservation, nature
FOPOS
Recruit A Friend To Be A Friend

Over the past twelve months, Friends of Princeton Open Space has focused on ecological restoration projects and on educating the next generation of conservationists, including those from communities of color. We are happy to report that, with your support, we have chalked up major successes.

Recruit A Friend To Be A Friend
photo contest
FOPOS
Princeton, We Have A Winner!

We’re thrilled to announce the winners of this year’s photo contest. While it’s never easy to choose, we think these top three are pretty outstanding.

Princeton, We Have A Winner!
annual appeal, land preservation, nature
FOPOS
A Message from Wendy Mager, FOPOS President

The past twelve months have been filled with new projects and new achievements for Friends of Princeton Open Space that advance our mission to preserve and care for open space, educate the public on environmental issues, and advocate for sound governmental decisions. Here’s some of what we’ve accomplished with your support.

A Message from Wendy Mager, FOPOS President
volunteer, nature
FOPOS
FOPOS Launches Pollinator Project

Thanks to a generous gift of Northeast Monarch and Pollinator Habitat Kits from the Xerces Society, Friends of Princeton Open Space is creating a habitat for local pollinators at the Billy Johnson Mountain Lakes Nature Preserve in Princeton.

FOPOS Launches Pollinator Project

Walk Across Princeton

Join us with a Walk Across Princeton to celebrate the release of the new edition of Walk the Trails In and Around Princeton.

Saturday, May 6th at 10:30 a.m.
Mountain Lakes Preserve
Book signing at Mountain Lakes House at 11:30 a.m.
Free, Please Pre-register at Eventbrite

Friends of Princeton Open Space will be offering two walks at Mountain Lakes Preserve on Saturday, May 6. Both will begin in the Community Park North parking lot on Mountain Avenue, leaving at 10:30, traveling through a pine forest, Tusculum fields, and around the lakes.

Each walk will include stream crossings, and some areas with rocks and exposed roots. The shorter route will be about 1.5 miles. The longer and more challenging route, approximately 2.5 miles, will also be traveling along a rocky, inlet stream. Both walks will end at Mountain Lakes House for a book signing.

Please arrive at the Community Park North parking lot 10 to 15 minutes early.

Register here.

 

Meet author Sophie Glovier at the Mountain Lakes House at 11:30.

Meet author Sophie Glovier at the Mountain Lakes House at 11:30.

Friends of Princeton Open Space Annual Meeting

What We Need to Know About Our Changing Climate

Sunday, April 23 at 3:00 P.M.
Mountain Lakes House
57 Mountain Avenue, Princeton, NJ
RSVP by April 17, 2017 to: info@FOPOS.org or (609) 921-2772

Do you have questions about the impact of our changing climate? Wondering how to get through the hype to the facts? Kathleen Biggins, journalist and co-founder of C-Change Conversations, will address these questions at the annual meeting of the Friends of Princeton Open Space (FOPOS) on Sunday, April 23, at 3 pm at Mountain Lakes House, 57 Mountain Avenue, Princeton. Her talk, “What We Need to Know About Our Changing Climate,” is a concise, nonpartisan, scientifically based presentation created to answer the five questions that the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication says are held by Americans across the political spectrum: How do we know it's real? How do we know it is us? What do scientists think? What are the dangers? And, is there hope we can address it?

Biggins's presentation is a primer on climate change that was created by C-Change Conversations, a nonpartisan nonprofit dedicated to promoting informed discussion around climate change and its impacts. The goal is to provide a clear and accessible overview of the sciencebehind climate change and a clear eyed assessment of potential risks ahead. Founded in 2014, C-Change Conversations separates the dialogue about climate change from the political edges — it is designed to encourage everyone to understand and care about this issue.

Refreshments will be served.

Guest Speaker Kathleen Biggins

Guest Speaker Kathleen Biggins

Artist's Talk with Photographer Frank Sauer

Saturday, April 1 from 2PM to 3PM
Arts Council of Princeton
102 Witherspoon Street
Princeton

Join us at the Arts Council of Princeton as Frank Sauer explores the art of nature photography and the story behind his extraordinary color and black-and-white photographs of The Billy Johnson Mountain Lakes Nature Preserve. Sauer spent three years capturing the Preserve in all four seasons - revealing the varied landscapes, shifting light, and stark beauty of Princeton's beloved "Central Park."

 

Ordering Photos from Mountain Lakes: A Lens on the Seasons Exhibition

Did you see photos at the Mountain Lakes: A Lens on the Seasons show that you would like to order? Here is all of the information you need to order one or more for your home!

These links will allow you to see all of the photographs from the exhibition:
Color Photos
Black and White Photos

Once you have chosen your photos, download our order form and fill it out.

At the opening on March 10, please drop off your order form and payment at the FOPOS table.  To order after the opening, please send the order form with your check to FOPOS, P.O. Box 374, Princeton NJ 08542.  

The photos will be printed after the end of the exhibition when all orders have been received.
We will confirm your print order via e-mail, and we will notify you by e-mail when your print is ready for pick-up. Shipping is available for an extra fee, please inquire.

Ordering and paying online is possible. Please call Scotia MacRae at (609) 468-1720 for more information.

Mountain Lakes: A Lens on the Seasons

Friends of Princeton Open Space invites you to the opening reception for

Mountain Lakes: A Lens on the Seasons

March 10, 5:30-7:30PM
at the Arts Council of Princeton
102 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, NJ

An exhibition of Frank Sauer’s extraordinary color and black-and-white photographs of The Billy Johnson Mountain Lakes Nature Preserve, the heart of Princeton’s “Central Park,” showing the Preserve’s beauty in all four seasons.

Exhibition Dates: March 10 – April 30, 2017.

Sales of photographs will benefit the Friends of Princeton Open Space, which maintains and enhances the Preserve for all to enjoy.

 

Dogwood by Frank Sauer

Dogwood by Frank Sauer