The Highland Park Environmental Commission (EC)has been awarded a grant from ANJEC (The Association of New Jersey Environmental Commissions) to make improvements and continue maintenance of the Meadows and the Meadows Trail. The Meadows Trail Crew and EC members will replace an ageing boardwalk close to the entrance and will build another observation deck in the eastern end of The Meadows conservation. It will overlook a meadow area. The observation deck construction will require removal of brush, building a small trail to the site of the observation deck (off of the main loop trail), and create a level foundation area, and building the observation deck.

The grant was partially funded by the LSRPA Foundation (Licensed Site Remediation Professionals Association). The LSRP’s are the professionals, who oversee the remediation of contaminated sites, write plans and reports, and certify the remediated area is suitable for intended use. This authority had been delegated to them by NJ Department of Environmental Protection.

This funding occurred because The Meadows was previously a landfill (ended in early 1970’s) and has been remediated.

The replacement of the boardwalk and new observation deck will be completed by June 2024.