Friends of Princeton Open Space and the Princeton Public Library will host Night Sky Viewing , a free community event on August 7 at 7:30 pm. The highlights of this free star-gazing event include a night sky tour where participants will spot planets and constellations through telescopes, as well as listen to the sounds of summer nights at the Billy Johnson Mountain Lakes Nature Preserve. Attendees are encouraged to bring flashlights and comfortable walking shoes. Light refreshments will be served.

The event will take place at the Mountain Lakes House, 57 Mountain Avenue, Princeton, NJ. Parking is available in the lot near the Mountain Lakes House and the lot on Mountain Lakes Road. No dogs are permitted at the event. Please pre-register via Eventbrite.com to help us plan for attendance: http://bit.ly/NightSky2019

About Friends of Princeton Open Space:

Founded in 1969, FOPOS is a nonprofit organization dedicated to acquiring open space in Princeton for preservation, protecting natural resources, maintaining accessibility to trails, and providing environmental education. As part of their mission, they work with groups in the Princeton region to support efforts to preserve and protect open space and the environment. 

About the Princeton Public Library:

The Princeton Public Library offers Princeton residents access to more than 145,000 books, 15,000 movies, CDs, and books on tape, 400 newspapers and magazines, as well as information databases in the areas of health, business, family history, law, current events and 1,000’s of full-text periodicals. Open 7 days per week, the library staff provides personalized service, innovative technologies and a wide array of public programs to meet the community's needs and interests.

It's a nature hike with a twist! Join Friends of Princeton Open Space for a wild adventure on one of our featured trails at the Billy Johnson Mountain Lakes Nature Preserve. Led by Anna, our Natural Resources Manager and her summer team, nature lovers ages 9-14 (parents are welcome) will follow the leaders learning about local species while playing Nature BINGO. You'll see wine berries, jewel weed, birds, flowers, turtles and much more!

Be sure to pack plenty of hydration and a snack for our picnic on the pavilion after the hike at the Mountain Lakes House.

RSVP through our google form here:
https://forms.gle/fLJAH3G11ALaoH988

This event is FREE, however, our max capacity is 15 for children ages 9-14 (parents are welcome).

RAIN DATE: Sunday, August 4, 2019, 9-noon

Need more info? Interested in volunteering in our trails? Email info@fopos.org, we’d love to have you join us for future stewardship events. To learn more about us, please visit fopos.org.

During this Stewardship Session we will be planting natives! We will continue with the Habitat Restoration project along the lake shore, filling in gaps where invasives were removed. 

Interested? Email info@fopos.org with “VOLUNTEER” in the subject line.

Saturday, June 1, 9-noon
Rain Date Sunday, June 2

Friends of Princeton Open Space, a nonprofit devoted to preservation and stewardship of land in Princeton, will host their annual meeting featuring speakers, Alicia Forero and Lexus Woznicki of TerraCycle. They will speak about the LOOP system presented at the Davos Economic Conference, which substitutes durable, reusable or completely recyclable product packaging for our current wasteful and increasingly unworkable system.

Attendance is free, however, there are a limited amount of seats available. Please help us plan for attendance by reserving your ticket via Eventbrite by April 12, 2019. 

Refreshments will be served.

For information about Friends of Princeton Open Space, please visit fopos.org. For questions, please email info@fopos.org. 

photo credit: TerraCycle

As you enjoy the miles of wooded trails in the Billy Johnson Mountain Lakes Nature Preserve, Friends of Princeton Open Space invites you to their annual Holiday Open House at the Mountain Lakes House to warm up with cider, treats and a holiday themed art activity. Stop in anytime between 1PM and 3PM. This family-friendly event is free and open to everyone.

Join us for our annual #OptOutside event at the Mountain Lakes House in the Billy Johnson Mountain Lakes Nature Preserve, 57 Mountain Avenue, Princeton.

OptOutside is a movement to encourage people to spend time in nature rather than crowded stores Black Friday shopping the day after Thanksgiving. The community is invited to the Mountain Lakes House to enjoy nature-themed art activities, live music, cider and snacks from 1:00PM to 3:00PM. Trail maps will be available for walks and hikes before or after the event. All ages are welcome to this free, rain or shine event.

While this event is free, please pre-register via Eventbrite.com to help us plan for attendance. There is no need to print your ticket. 

November 23 is also the kick-off of the Friends of Princeton Open Space annual Give Thanks for Nature Photo Contest. Professional and amateur photographers alike, are encouraged to take their best shot of all that the Mountain Lakes Preserve has to offer, and submit a photo for a chance to win nature-themed prizes.

Files must be in JPG format. Any aspect ratio is acceptable, but please size the file so that the longest dimension is 1500 pixels and set the quality to “high.” Filenames MUST include photographer's name and name of image: JoeSmith-Oak tree.jpg. In order to ensure anonymous judging, please include no signatures or watermarks that would reveal the name of the photographer on the photo itself. Entries must be submitted by midnight, December 15, 2018, via email to info@fopos.org, with “Photo Contest” in the subject line.

Winners will be contacted by January 15, 2019. The photographer retains full copyright to his or her images. However, participation in the contest requires the contestant to give Friends of Princeton Open Space permission to use the photographs without compensation on the website as well as in news releases which may appear in print or on third party websites for the purpose of publicizing the contest. Friends of Princeton Open Space will always include the photographer's name when using a photograph for any purpose.

For more information about FOPOS, please visit fopos.org. For those interested in volunteer opportunities or questions about the event or photo contest, please contact info@fopos.org.