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2025
Date Publication Article
April 2025 MercerMe TCNJ Land Stewardship Plan Aims to Boost Biodiversity and Community Involvement
April 2025 MercerMe Hopewell Valley Schools Mark Fifth Annual Green Week With Student Action, Community Events
March 2025 Trenton Daily The Bunbury Fund of the Princeton Area Community Foundation Awards More Than $3.8 Million in Grants to Local Nonprofits as the Final Piece of their $17 Million Sunset Awards
March 2025 Mercer County Community College The Voice Rising deer numbers in Hopewell Township create challenges for farmers and drivers
March 2025 Delaware River Basin Commission DRBC Hosts “Water & Waste” Roundtable with OSW Partner TerraCycle
2024
Date Publication Article
December 2024
November 2024 Ewing Township New Internship program opens doors for first-gen students to lead in conservation
February 2024 MercerMe FoHVOS new Executive Director Jenn Rogers
2023
Date Publication Article
2022
Date Publication Article
December 2022 New Jersey Monitor Lawmakers advance bill to ban invasive plants, revive statewide invasive species council
November 2022 Hopewell Express Nature in the Valley: Unity a theme central to many December holidays
November 2022 MercerMe Boy Scout Troop 71 lends a hand to FoHVOS Clean Communities Day
November 2022 Hopewell Express A season to celebrate and share Hopewell Valley’s abundance
October 2022 Hopewell Express Nature in the Valley: We tend to support the things we value
August 2022 Hopewell Express Drought takes hold in Central Jersey
August 2022 NJ Spotlight Invasive Species in NJ ‘Beyond Severe’
August 2022 News12 New Jersey Volunteers with the Invasive Species Strike Team target New Jersey’s invasive plant life
August 2022 New Jersey Monitor In fight against invasive plants, strike team stepped up when New Jersey wouldn’t
August 2022 MercerMe FoHVOS/OEA receive grant to inspire ‘Nature for All’
August 2022 Hopewell Express Endangered monarchs find safe harbor in Hopewell Valley
June 2022 Hopewell Express ‘Reptile Rescue’ aims to build on success of prior programs
June 2022 MercerMe FoHVOS and OEA combine to produce Black Farmer’s Market for Juneteenth Commemoration
June 2022 Hopewell Express Nature in the Valley: Ready to go outside and play once again
March 2022 Hopewell Express Wolff: A tale of two programs
February 2022 Hopewell Valley Neighbors Let’s Talk About Our Planet
March 2022 Hopewell Express New Jersey bag ban to become law this spring
February 2022 Hopewell Express Nature in the Valley: Celebrating Valentine’s Day with Mother Earth
January 2022 Hopewell Valley Neighbors Looking Forward to 2022
2021
Date Publication Article
December 2021 Hopewell Express Back by popular demand: More less stuff = less waste
November 2021 Hopewell Express Less stuff = less waste: tips for this holiday season
November 2021 Hopewell Valley Neighbors Deer Mating Season
October 2021 Hopewell Express How does cannabis legalization affect Hopewell Valley?
August 2021 Hopewell Valley Neighbors Colby Cedar Smith
August 2021 Hopewell Express Dr. Rosetta Treece: An example of equity objectives and a role model for what is possible
July 2021 Hopewell Express Copperheads, high winds and ticks, oh my!
June 2021 Hopewell Express HoVal helps make inaugural Juneteenth celebration a success
June 2021 Hopewell Express Poet mentors Hopewell 4th graders for Nature Harmony Project
May 2021 Hopewell Express Native wildflower programs a boon for butterflies and schools
April 2021 Hopewell Valley Neighbors Celebrating Earth Day as a Community
April 2021 Hopewell Express Inaugural Hopewell Valley Green Week to to kick off on April 17
March 2021 Hopewell Valley Neighbors Bee Abode Project
March 2021 Hopewell Express Social Media Fans all in on HoVal’s “Naked Running Man”
February 2021 Hopewell Valley Neighbors Black History Month in the Valley
January 2021 Hopewell Express Nature in the Valley: Exploring the intersection between art and nature
January 2021 Hopewell Valley Neighbors A Look Back at 2020
2020
Date Publication Article
December 2020 Hopewell Express Wolff: The Paradox of Social Distancing
December 2020 Hopewell Express FoHVOS adds Jaquan Levons to Board of Trustees
November 2020 Hopewell Express Wolff: Putting Hopewell Valley on the Map
November 2020 MercerMe FoHVOS welcomes Jacquan Levons to its Board
October 2020 Hopewell Express Wolff: Kudos to Hopewell Valley schools
October 2020 Hopewell Valley Neighbors The Importance of Land Stewardship
September 2020 MercerMe FoHVOS Supports Local Valley Restaurants
September 2020 Hopewell Express Wolff: Deer control essential to ecological health of Hopewell Valley
September 2020 Hopewell Valley Neighbors Woosamonsa Ridge is Now Open
August 2020 NJTV News Students of color prepare for jobs in the green sector
August 2020 NJ Sustainability Reporting New Jersey Internship Program Connects students of Color to Green Jobs and Recreation
August 2020 Hopewell Express Wolff: Embracing nature at school
July 2020 NextCity.com Citizen Science Conserves New Jersey Butterflies and Keeps people entertained during quarantine
July 2020 NextCity.com Could outdoor learning be the key to reopening schools? 
July 2020 Hopewell Valley News Mercer County coalition tries to bridge equality gap through environmental programs
July 2020 Yo Hike This Baldpate Mountain/ Ted Stiles Preserve
June 2020 Hopewell Valley Neighbors Re-opening the valley: Nature Will Heal Us
June 2020 MercerMe On the Environment: Learning in the “New World”
June 2020 The Watershed Institute From Fluff ball to Falcon
June 2020 GreenTeacher.com Growing Environmental Hope amid a Pandemic
June 2020 MercerMe “Tally the Valley” Butterfly Project
June 2020 Hopewell Express Help Tally the Valley
June 2020 NJ Spotlight Op-Ed: How about moving classes to the great outdoors when schools re-open? 
May 2020 Hopewell Express Nature in the Valley: Everyday Should be Earth Day
May 2020 MercerMe On the Environment: Let’s not return to normal
April 2020 MercerMe FoHVOS announces Earth Day Updates 
April 2020 MercerMe ED of FoHVOS talks about decision to keep trails open
April 2020 Hopewell Valley Neighbors Earth Day 50th Anniversary
April 2020 Hopewell Express Let’s not return to normal
March 2020 Hopewell Valley News Walking seen as a positive in era of coronavirus
March 2020 MercerMe LTE: Now is the time to reconnect with nature
March 2020 MercerMe Help FoHVOS Help the Bees 
March 2020 Hopewell Valley Neighbors Bringing New Meaning to “The Birds and the Bees”
February 2020 Hopewell Express Nature in the Valley: The Birds and the Bees
February 2020 Hopewell Valley News Toll Gate Grammar School Plans to construct outdoor classroom in the spring
February 2020 MercerMe FoHVOS is here to tell you about the birds and the bees
February 2020 Hopewell Valley Neighbors Give from Your Heart
January 2020 MercerMe FoHVOS and Art Sparks connect families with art and nature in new program
January 2020 Hopewell Valley Neighbors Connect in 2020!
2019
Date Publication Article
December 2019 Hopewell Express Considering Conservation
November 2019 Hopewell Express Giving and Consideration in Hopewell
November 2019 Hopewell Express At Timberlane Middle School, students learn to balance the ecosystem
October 2019 Hopewell Valley Neighbors FoHVOS Highlights Hopewell Valley Schools Environmental Student Programs
September 2019 Hopewell Express Nature in the Valley: Summer may be ending, but outdoor time is vital as ever
September 2019 Hopewell Valley Neighbors A Force of Nature Revisited – Anne Nixon Ellery
August 2019 Hopewell Valley Neighbors The Importance of Native Plants
August 2019 MercerMe HVRSD and Pennington Partner for New Community Space
August 2019 Hopewell Express Nature in the Valley: Bring back the bugs
July 2019 Hopewell Valley Neighbors July Force of Nature: Sharyn Magee
July 2019 ANJEC ANJEC Summer Report
July 2019 Hopewell Express Nature in the Valley: Nesting boxes a boon for threatened kestrels
June 2019 Hopewell Express Come Outside and Play a valuable tradition in Hopewell Valley
May 2019 MercerMe Student EcoWarriors Recognized by HVRSD and FoHVOS
May 2019 Hopewell Valley Neighbors Community Conservation
May 2019 Hopewell Express Nature in the Valley: Every day should be Earth Day
April 2019 Hopewell Valley Neighbors FoHVOS Community Conservation: Community Collaboration Helping Kestrels
April 2019 FoHVOS Strike Team FoHVOS New Jersey Invasive Species Strike Team 2019 Annual Conference Press Release
April 2019 Hopewell Express Nature in the Valley: conservation connects community
March 2019 Hopewell Valley Neighbors Force of Nature: Helen Corveleyn
March 2019 MercerMe Friends of Hopewell Valley Open Space (FoHVOS) Earns National Recognition
March 2019 Hopewell Express Nesting boxes could help threatened kestrels rebound
February 2019 Hopewell Express Nature in the Valley: Rescuing the chestnuts
February 2019 Hopewell Valley Neighbors Community Conservation: Local American Chestnut Restoration Offers Promise
January 2019 Hopewell Valley Neighbors Get your 2019 Happy On
2018
Date Publication Article
December 2018 Hopewell Valley Neighbors December Force of Nature: Sonja Michaluk
November 2018 Hopewell Valley Neighbors FoHVOS Continues its Tradition of Giving
October 2018 Hopewell Express 11 acres added to Mount Rose Preserve in Hopewell
October 2018 Hopewell Valley Neighbors Connecting Children with Play and Nature
September 2018 Hopewell Valley Neighbors Community Conservation
September 2018 TAP into Union “Strike Force” Volunteers to Foil Invasive Plants in Union County Park
August 2018 Hopewell Valley Neighbors Force of Nature: Japanese Barberry
August 2018 Hopewell Express Hopewell Valley communities embrace conservation
July 2018 Hopewell Valley Neighbors July Force of Nature: Katherine Dresdner
July 2018 MercerMe Open Space Discussed in Hopewell Township, FoHVOS Requests Participation
June 2018 Hopewell Valley Neighbors June Force of Nature: Gretchen Kish
May 2018 Hopewell Express Around Hopewell Valley: teachers get a green star, football camp registration opens
May 2018 MercerMe FoHVOS Celebrates National Trails Day with Two Weekend Events
May 2018 MercerMe Student EcoWarriors Recognized by HVRSD and FoHVOS
April 2018 Hopewell Valley Neighbors Meg Gorrie: A Force of Nature
April 2018 MercerMe Hopewell Township Clean Communities Day with FoHVOS
March 2018 Hopewell Valley Neighbors March Force of Nature: Carol Kleis
March 2018 MercerMe FoHVOS Welcomes Two New Trustees
February 2018 Hopewell Valley Neighbors February Force of Nature: Joann Held
February 2018 Hopewell Express Held hailed as ‘Force of Nature’ by Friends of Hopewell Valley Open Space
January 2018 Hopewell Valley Neighbors January Force of Nature: Anne Nixon-Ellery
2017
Date Publication Article
December 2017 Hopewell Express Wolff stepping down after 6 years as Hopewell school board president
November 2017 Hopewell Express Historian shares the story of Titusville Mills at Howell Living History Farm
November 2017 U.S. 1 Thinning the Deer Herd and Healing the Land
October 2017 Hopewell Express Hopewell Valley Officials look for ways to deal with growing deer population
October 2017 NBC News Lyme Wars Part IV – How One Plant May be Fueling the Spread of Lyme
October 2017 MercerMe Letter to the Editor: Kennedy Running for Hopewell Borough Council
October 2017 Hopewell Express ‘The Deer Stand’ documentary screening sheds light on overpopulation issues
October 2017 MercerMe Hopewell Township Clean Communities Day: non-profits clean up and earn funds for their organizations
September 2017 Hopewell Valley Neighbors Healthy in Hopewell: Forest Bathing in Hopewell Valley
May 2017 Hopewell Express House with a view: homeowners turn drainage basin into a meadow
May 2017 PR Newswire Confirmed Bobcat Sighting Documented Along Proposed PennEast Route, Says ReThink Energy NJ
May 2017 MercerMe FoHVOS Offers Preserve Passports in Partnership with HV Municipal Alliance and Libraries