Rogers Preserve Trail Building Day, April 29, 2006

It was a beautiful day to walk the scenic Rogers Preserve in the first event organized by the WWBPA, with Friends of West Windsor Open Space (FOWWOS). About 15 people came out to volunteer for working on trail-building activities; mostly cutting back brush and cutting larger tree branches back from the trails. Time was spent clearing the Lorax trail, which was named in recognition of both the character created by Dr. Seuss, and former FOWWOS president Mike Schuit, who identifies with its environmentally themed tale.

The Rogers property is a 13-acre track located on Big Bear Brook across Clarksville Road from Grovers Mill Pond, and it can also be access from Landing Lane. Longtime resident Ronald Rogers, whose family sold the property, was a co-founder and trustee of FOWWOS before he died in 1999. The Rogers family turned down offers for more than twice as much from developers to ensure that the property would remain as open space as Mr. Rogers would have wanted. The land will be used for passive recreation and FOWWOS with low-impact trails to connect the property to other preserved open spaces.

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