Previous Open Space Trust Fund Awards

Three (3) applications were recommended for approval:

• 2024 Recommendations(PDF, 92KB)
• 2024 Open Space Recommendations Map(PDF, 5MB)
  
  

Information about each Approved 2024 Project:

• Jonathan's Woods Extension-Whitney Property(PDF, 2MB)
• Schiff Preserve Addition-Civille(PDF, 861KB)
• Drew Forest(PDF, 2MB)  

2023: One (1) application was recommended for approval:

• 2023 Recommendations(PDF, 86KB)
• 2023 Open Space Recommendations Map(PDF, 5MB)
• Information About Drew Forest(PDF, 948KB)  

Five (5) applications were recommended for approval:

• 2022 Recommendations
•  2022 Open Space Recommendations Map
  
  

Information about each Approved 2022 Project:

• Historic Turntable Adjacent to Grace Lord Park
• Alli Property
• Bee Meadow Greenway – Phase II
• Budd Lake Dock Extension
• Acquisition of Land for Creation of Orchard Mine Park

Four (4) applications were approved. 

• 2021 Recommendations(PDF, 99KB)
• 2021 Open Space Recommendations Map(PDF, 8MB)

Information about each Approved 2021 Project:

• McDon Fen(PDF, 3MB)
• East Blackwell Street Property Acquisition(PDF, 2MB)
• Jean Drive Preserve(PDF, 3MB)
• Kosut Property(PDF, 2MB)

Six (6) applications were approved.

• 2020 Recommendations(PDF, 100KB)
• 2020 Open Space Recommendations Map(PDF, 11MB)

Information about each Approved 2020 Project:

•  Boonton Ave Recreation Facility(PDF, 137KB)
• Kosut Property(PDF, 168KB)
• (PDF, 168KB)Linking-OS-Central(PDF, 126KB)
• Linking OS - North(PDF, 172KB)
• United Methodist Church Property(PDF, 110KB)
• Watnong Brook Greenway(PDF, 146KB)

Six (6) applications were approved.

• 2019 Recommendations(PDF, 95KB)
• 2019 Open Space Recommendations Map(PDF, 4MB)

Information about each Approved 2019 Project

• Black River Fields (Chester Township)(PDF, 2MB)
• AMCHU Property (Denville Township)(PDF, 2MB)
• Treadwell-Russia Brook Headwaters (Trust for Public Land)(PDF, 2MB)
• ValleVue Farm-Phase 2 (Morris Township)(PDF, 2MB)
• Turkey Brook Extension (Mount Olive Township)(PDF, 2MB)
• Veterans Park Addition (Roxbury Township)(PDF, 2MB)

Five (5) applications were approved.

• Summary of 2018 Recommendations(PDF, 99KB)
• Map of 2018 Recommendations(PDF, 5MB)

Information about each Approved 2018 Project

• Plahnderosa(PDF, 255KB) (Boonton Town)
• Knuth-Diocese Property Acquisition Project(PDF, 223KB) (Denville Township)
• Lewis Morris Park – Leddell Preserve Addition(PDF, 188KB) (NJ Conservation Foundation)
• Malapardis & Johnson Road Open Space(PDF, 227KB) (Morris Plains Borough)
• Righter Road Greenway – Rubens Property(PDF, 268KB) (Roxbury Township)

Six (6) applications were approved.

• Summary of 2017 Recommendations(PDF, 97KB)
• Map of 2017 Recommendations(PDF, 6MB)

Information about each Approved 2017 Project

• Jonathan’s Woods Extension(PDF, 243KB) (Protect our Wetlands, Waters and Woods)
• Whippany River Blueway(PDF, 238KB) (Hanover Township)
• Rockaway River WMA Addition(PDF, 194KB) (The Trust for Public Land)
• Midwood Flood Storage Area Addition(PDF, 256KB) (Lincoln Park Borough)
• Foote’s Pond/Loyola Acquisition Project(PDF, 256KB) (Town of Morristown)
• Cataract Park Expansion 2017(PDF, 213KB) (Washington Township)

Six (6) applications, totaling 270.34 acres, were approved.

• Summary of 2016 Recommendations(PDF, 30KB)
• Map of 2016 Recommendations(PDF, 6MB)

Information about each Approved 2016 Project

• LaPlatte Smith Road Open Space Acquisition (Denville Township)(PDF, 130KB)
• Soussa Property Acquisition (Denville Township)(PDF, 147KB)
• Untermeyer Lake (Kinnelon Borough)(PDF, 151KB)
• Lake Rogerene Open Space (Mount Arlington Borough)(PDF, 139KB)
• Puzio Farm (Parsippany-Troy Hills Township)(PDF, 149KB)
• Mount Freedom Golf (Randolph Township)(PDF, 123KB)

Six (6) applications, totaling 113.28 acres, were approved.

• Summary of Approved 2015 Projects(PDF, 30KB)
• Map of Approved 2015 Projects(PDF, 1MB)

Information about each Approved 2015 Project

• Morris Canal Greenway-Boonton Gateway(PDF, 184KB) (Town of Boonton)
• Bee Meadow Greenway-Phase III(PDF, 153KB)  (Hanover Township)
• Babbling Brooke(PDF, 101KB) (Jefferson Township)
• Scott Farm Open Space Acquisition(PDF, 136KB) (Mendham Borough)
• Cataract Park Expansion(PDF, 108KB) (Washington Township)
• Patriot’s Path-Coleman’s Road Trailhead(PDF, 113KB)  (Washington Township)

Seven (7) applications, totaling 264 acres, were approved.

• Summary of Approved 2014 Projects(PDF, 30KB)
• Map of Approved 2014 Projects(PDF, 5MB)

Information about each Approved Project:

• Hillcrest Woods(PDF, 126KB) (Boonton Township)
• Beasley Ridge(PDF, 110KB) (Jefferson)
• Giralda Farms(PDF, 145KB) (Chatham Township)
• Vallevue Farm(PDF, 130KB) (Morris Township)
• Ogden Parcel Open Space Acquisition(PDF, 196KB) (Rockaway Borough)
• Blue Mill – Pine Brook Preserve(PDF, 115KB) (Harding)
• Morris Canal Greenway-Shippenport(PDF, 149KB) (Roxbury)

Three (3) applications, totaling 18 acres, were approved.

• Summary of Approved 2013 Projects(PDF, 31KB)
• Map of Approved 2013 Projects(PDF, 2MB)

Information about each Approved Project:

• Fox Run Preservation Project(PDF, 133KB) (East Hanover)
• Frelinghuysen Fields-3(PDF, 124KB) (Harding)
• Gillette Riverwalk Park(PDF, 121KB) (Long Hill)

Nine (9) applications, totaling 84 acres, were approved.

• Summary of Approved 2012 Projects(PDF, 31KB)
• Map of Approved 2012 Projects(PDF, 2MB)

Information about each Approved Project:

• River Road Lots(PDF, 152KB) – Passaic River Coalition
• Jersey City Property(PDF, 150KB) – Denville
• Valva Property(PDF, 171KB) – Denville
• Frelinghuysen Fields – 2(PDF, 173KB) – Harding Land Trust
• Early Street Garden(PDF, 231KB) – Morristown
• King of Kings Back Acreage(PDF, 174KB) – Mountain Lakes
• Speciale Tract(PDF, 147KB) – Passaic River Coalition
• Block 16 Lot 22.01(PDF, 164KB) – Washington Township
• Drakestown Addition – Biggiani J(PDF, 149KB) – NJ Conservation Foundation

12 applications, totaling 1,287 acres, were approved.

• Summary of Approved 2011 Projects(PDF, 32KB)(PDF, 32KB)
• Map of Approved 2011 Projects(PDF, 2MB)(PDF, 2MB)

Information about each Approved 2011 Project

• Shale Pits Preservation and Restoration Project(PDF, 125KB) – Schiff Natural Lands Trust
• Stobaeus Park Addition II(PDF, 99KB)  – Florham Park Boro.
• Primrose(PDF, 100KB) – Harding Land Trust
• Hunter’s Glenn(PDF, 183KB) – Jefferson Twp.
• Shawnee Meadow(PDF, 203KB) – Jefferson Twp.
• Central Park(PDF, 117KB) – Long Hill Twp.
• BASF- Musconetcong Greenway, Blk301-4(PDF, 71KB) – Mount Olive Twp., The Land Conservancy of NJ
• Pompton Riverwalk – Phase V(PDF, 121KB) – Pequannock Twp.
• Beaver Brook 2(PDF, 106KB) – Trust For Public Land
• Landing Recreation Project(PDF, 106KB) – Roxbury Twp.
• Angen LLC(PDF, 101KB) – NJ Conservation Foundation
• Drakestown Preserve Addition – Fricke(PDF, 117KB) – NJ Conservation Foundation

15 applications, totaling 738 acres, were approved.

• Summary of Approved 2010 Projects(PDF, 32KB)
• Map of Approved 2010 Projects(PDF, 2MB)

Information about each Approved 2010 Project

• Dixons Pond(PDF, 125KB) – NJ Conservation Foundation
• Hog Pen III(PDF, 113KB) – Protect our Wetlands, Waters, Woods
• Ellinwood Tract(PDF, 91KB) – The Trust for Public Land
• Averett Farm(PDF, 125KB) – Chatham Twp.
• Fornaro Property(PDF, 80KB) – Chatham Twp.
• Fels Property(PDF, 117KB) – Denville Twp.
• Rockaway Project(PDF, 110KB) – Denville Twp.
• Froling Estate(PDF, 99KB) – East Hanover Twp.
• Primrose Farm Estates(PDF, 190KB) – Harding Land Trust
• Pleasant Valley Mills Farm(PDF, 110KB) – Wilmerding – Schiff Natural Lands Trust
• Canfield Property Open Space Acquisition(PDF, 132KB) – Mine Hill Twp.
• Acquisition and Preservation of 20 Hillcrest Avenue(PDF, 149KB) – Morristown
• South Branch Preserve Additions(PDF, 125KB) – Mount Olive Twp., The Land Conservancy of NJ.
• King of Kings Back Acreage Acquisition(PDF, 115KB) – Mountain Lakes Boro.
• Pompton Riverwalk – Phase IV(PDF, 204KB) – Pequannock Twp. 

17 applications, totaling 1,048 acres, were approved.

• Summary of Approved 2009 Projects(PDF, 34KB)(PDF, 34KB)
• Map of Approved 2009 Projects(PDF, 2MB)(PDF, 2MB)

Information about each Approved 2009 Project

• Diocese of Paterson(PDF, 132KB)(PDF, 132KB) – Denville Twp.
• Gorlach Property(PDF, 168KB)(PDF, 168KB) – Denville Twp.
• Tulip Lane – A(PDF, 159KB)(PDF, 159KB) – Denville Twp.
• Tulip Lane – B(PDF, 158KB)(PDF, 158KB) – Denville Twp.
• Stobaeus Park Addition(PDF, 196KB)(PDF, 196KB) – Florham Park Boro.
• Bee Meadow Greenway – Phase II(PDF, 159KB)(PDF, 159KB) – Hanover Twp.
• Bayley – Ellard Fields(PDF, 151KB)(PDF, 151KB) – Madison Boro.
• O’Leary(PDF, 99KB)(PDF, 99KB) – Schiff Natural Lands Trust, Inc.
• Market Place(PDF, 112KB)(PDF, 112KB) – Montville Twp.
• Van Ness(PDF, 115KB)(PDF, 115KB) – Montville Twp.
• South Branch Preserve(PDF, 192KB)(PDF, 192KB) (Mt. Olive & TLC-NJ) – Mount Olive Twp., TLC-NJ
• South Branch Headwaters(PDF, 209KB)(PDF, 209KB) (TPL) – The Trust for Public Land, Inc.
• Pompton Riverwalk – Phase III(PDF, 104KB)(PDF, 104KB) – Pequannock Twp.
• South Salem Street Pedestrian Walking Access(PDF, 162KB)(PDF, 162KB) – Randolph Twp.
• Copper Beech(PDF, 120KB)(PDF, 120KB) – The Trust for Public Land, Inc.
• Morris Canal Greenway – Shippenport(PDF, 143KB)(PDF, 143KB) – Canal Society of New Jersey
• South Branch Headwaters Preserve (NJCF)(PDF, 201KB)(PDF, 201KB)– New Jersey Conservation Foundation

30 applications were submitted; 21 applications, totaling 711 acres, were approved.

• Summary of Approved 2008 Projects(PDF, 35KB)
• Map of Approved 2008 Projects(PDF, 537KB)

Information about each Approved 2008 Project

• Miller-Kingsland(PDF, 103KB) – Boonton Town
• Kokora II(PDF, 107KB) – Boonton Township
• Diocese of Paterson(PDF, 106KB) – Denville Township
• Kovacs Property(PDF, 93KB) – Denville Township
• Jonathan’s Woods Extension(PDF, 128KB) – Protect our Wetlands, Waters & Woods
• Passaic River Greenway(PDF, 104KB) – Florham Park Borough
• Castlerock Preserve(PDF, 109KB) – Jefferson Township
• Weber Tract(PDF, 107KB) – Kinnelon Borough
• Madison Recreation Center(PDF, 131KB) – Madison Borough
• Tranquility Garden(PDF, 78KB) – Mendham Borough
• Pitney Farm(PDF, 130KB) – Mendham Township
• Lewis Morris Park Connector(PDF, 100KB) – Leddell Preserve – Mendham Township
• North Branch Addition to Schiff(PDF, 91KB) – Schiff Natural Lands Trust, Inc.
• Starkey Park(PDF, 133KB) – Montville Township
• Littleton Road Open Space(PDF, 85KB) – Morris Plains Borough
• Malapardis Road Open Space(PDF, 107KB) – Morris Plains Borough
• St. Mary’s Abbey(PDF, 116KB) – Trust for Public Land
• Adaptive Reuse Willow Hall Property(PDF, 124KB) – Passaic River Coalition
• Morris Canal Greenway – Allamuchy(PDF, 87KB) – Canal Society of New Jersey
• Woodland Lake Park Extension(PDF, 84KB) – Pequannock Township
• Landing Recreation Project(PDF, 107KB) – Roxbury Township

26 applications were submitted; 21 applications, totaling 506 acres, were approved.

• Summary of Approved 2007 Projects(PDF, 35KB)
• Map of Approved 2007 Projects(PDF, 3MB)

Information about each Approved 2007 Project

• Hog Pen II Acquisition(PDF, 144KB) – Protect Our Wetlands, Waters & Woods
• Kokora Project(PDF, 122KB) – Boonton Township
• Tannersbrook Woods(PDF, 163KB) – Chester Township, Washington Township
• Holinko Property(PDF, 113KB) – Denville Township
• Onorati Property(PDF, 111KB) – Denville Township
• Madison Community Recreation Center(PDF, 132KB) – Madison Borough
• Bee Meadow Greenway(PDF, 125KB) – Hanover Township
• Mt. Kemble Recreation Complex(PDF, 148KB) – Morris Township
• Meyersville Road(PDF, 108KB) – Long Hill Township
• Valley Brook Springs(PDF, 125KB) – Mendham Borough, Schiff Natural Lands Trust
• Appleton Gateway(PDF, 122KB) (Dellechiaie) – Montville Township
• Jegge Preserve(PDF, 103KB) – Montville Township
• Edgewood(PDF, 159KB) – Morristown
• Budd Lake Public Access(PDF, 120KB) – Mount Olive Township
• McDermott Property(PDF, 121KB) – Parsippany-Troy Hills Township
• Pompton River Walkway – Phase II(PDF, 119KB) – Pequannock Township
• Tucker Avenue Project(PDF, 108KB)  – Randolph Township
• Dube Property Acquisition(PDF, 84KB) – Riverdale Borough
• Acquire Block 21, Lots 6 and 25(PDF, 154KB) – Rockaway Borough
• Morris Canal Greenway – Roxbury(PDF, 118KB) – Canal Society of New Jersey
• Reservoir Road Open Space(PDF, 154KB) – Washington Township

29 applications were submitted; 25 applications, totaling 2,405 acres, were approved.

• Summary of Approved 2006 Projects(PDF, 36KB)
• Map of Approved 2006 Projects(PDF, 619KB)

Information about each Approved 2006 Project

• Hog Pen Acquisition(PDF, 178KB) – Protect Our Wetlands, Waters & Woods
• Koehler Pond(PDF, 179KB) – Boonton Township
• Koehler Pond(PDF, 184KB) – Kincaid Woods Connector – Boonton Township
• Hassine Property(PDF, 138KB) – Passaic River Coalition
• Lucent Open Space Acquisition(PDF, 191KB) – Chester Borough
• Parker Road Field(PDF, 147KB) – Chester Township
• Troy Meadows(PDF, 231KB) – Hatfield Swamp – East Hanover Township
• Fish Brook Park(PDF, 138KB) – Florham Park Borough
• Hanover Meadows Preserve(PDF, 140KB) – Hanover Township
• Mt. Kemble Recreation Complex(PDF, 133KB) – Morris Township
• Old Camp Road Trail(PDF, 126KB) – Harding Township
• Firemen’s Field(PDF, 147KB) – Jefferson Township
• Livesey Park(PDF, 121KB) – Madison Borough
• Expansion of Schiff Nature Preserve(PDF, 141KB) – Schiff Natural Lands Trust, Inc.
• Mosle Preserve and Recreation Area(PDF, 153KB) – Mendham Township
• Towaco Valley Prime Aquifer – Tipcor(PDF, 159KB) – Montville Township
• Gillespie Lane(PDF, 147KB) – Morristown Town
• Silver Spring Extension(PDF, 203KB) – Mount Olive Township
• Craftsman Farm West(PDF, 119KB) – Parsippany-Troy Hills Township
• Troy Meadows Natural Area(PDF, 231KB) – Parsippany-Troy Hills Township
• Madison Street(PDF, 172KB) – Pequannock Township
• Pompton River Walkway Project Area(PDF, 194KB) – Pequannock Township
• Millbrook Valley(PDF, 190KB) – Randolph Township
• Beaver Brook I(PDF, 194KB) – Rockaway Township
• Veterans Park – Emmans Greenway Link(PDF, 179KB) – Roxbury Township

30 applications were submitted; 24 applications, totaling 791 acres, were approved.

• Summary of Approved 2005 Projects(PDF, 34KB)
• Map of Approved 2005 Projects(PDF, 2MB)

Information about each Approved 2005 Project

• Koehler Pond(PDF, 372KB) – Boonton Township
• Larison’s Woods(PDF, 281KB) – Chester Borough
• Agway Property(PDF, 227KB) – Chester Borough
• Mountain Ridge(PDF, 304KB) – Seneca – Denville Township
• Watts Property(PDF, 230KB) – Denville Township
• Hurd Farmhouse Preservation Project(PDF, 295KB) – Dover Town
• Jefferson Woods(PDF, 251KB) – Hanover Township
• Hanover Meadows Expansion(PDF, 310KB) – Hanover Township
• Harding Streetscape – Trail Easement(PDF, 235KB) – Harding Township
• Mountain Meadows(PDF, 365KB) – Jefferson Township
• Ashley Cove(PDF, 219KB) – Jefferson Township
• Phifer Farm(PDF, 258KB) – Long Hill Township
• India Brook Trail Connector(PDF, 288KB) – Mendham Township
• Mandelbaum Property(PDF, 367KB) – Mount Olive Township
• Blue Atlas(PDF, 321KB) – Mount Olive Township
• Patriot’s Path Washington Addition 1 – New York(PDF, 253KB) – New Jersey Trail Conference
• Smith Road Sheep Farm(PDF, 149KB) – Parsippany-Troy Hills Township
• Trawinski Tract(PDF, 266KB) – Passaic River Coalition
• DeBow Plantation(PDF, 260KB) – Pequannock Township
• Kingland Preserve(PDF, 311KB) – Randolph Township
• Land Acquisition Hamburg Turnpike(PDF, 163KB) – Riverdale Borough
• The Villages(PDF, 335KB) – Roxbury Township
• Landing Recreation Project(PDF, 223KB) – Roxbury Township
• Addition to Schiff Nature Preserve(PDF, 201KB) – Schiff Natural Lands Trust, Inc.

26 applications were submitted; 19 applications, totaling over 1,156 acres, were approved.

• Summary of Approved 2004 Projects(PDF, 28KB)
• Map of Approved 2004 Projects(PDF, 2MB)

Information about each Approved 2004 Project

• Mine Ridge(PDF, 91KB) – Boonton Township
• Heritage Greenway – Loantaka Valley(PDF, 98KB) – Chatham Township
• Larison’s Woods(PDF, 88KB) – Chester Borough
• Boonton Street Open Space(PDF, 81KB) – Dover Town
• Camp Hope(PDF, 95KB) – East Hanover Township
• Anderson Woods(PDF, 84KB) – Harding Land Trust, Harding Township
• Longwood Forge(PDF, 76KB) – Jefferson Township
• Mountain Ridge(PDF, 84KB) – Jefferson Township
• Apshawa Cluster – Kinnelon(PDF, 85KB) – Passaic River Coalition, Kinnelon Borough
• Somerhill Park Historic Greenway(PDF, 79KB) – Madison Borough
• Mountain Lakes Brook(PDF, 89KB) – Mountain Lakes Conservancy, Inc.; Mountain Lakes Borough
• Silver Spring Manor(PDF, 106KB) – Mount Olive Township
• Fieldfair Corp. II(PDF, 85KB) – Parsippany Troy Hills Township
• Gillette Open Space Acquisition(PDF, 74KB) – Long Hill Township
• Alamatong Wellhead Properties(PDF, 82KB) – Randolph Township
• Egberts Lake Tract(PDF, 91KB) – Rockaway Township
• H.J. Koehler III Tract(PDF, 96KB) – Rockaway Township
• Morris Canal Green Way – Riggs Site(PDF, 86KB) – Canal Society of New Jersey, Roxbury Township
• Califon Scrappy Corners(PDF, 94KB) – Washington Township