Our Latest Projects

• Skeetkill Creek Marsh Park, a 16.3 acre site, was donated to Meadowlands Conservation Trust in 2008 by the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission.
• Norwood Central Woods is a 125-acre forest donated to the Trust by the Borough of Norwood.
• Richard P. Kane Natural Area formerly known as the Empire Tract, is 587-acres in the heart of the Meadowlands.

Welcome!

The Meadowlands Conservation Trust is a New Jersey state agency that "is in but not of" the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission. It is also one of two state land trusts. The Trust was formed to acquire and preserve environmentally sensitive land and to enhance the environment of the Hackensack Meadowlands District and the Hackensack River Watershed. The Trust is supported in part by the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission (NJMC) through the use of their staff and facilities.

Former Empire Tract Wetlands to be Mitigated

The Meadowlands Conservation Trust has approved a wetlands enhancement project of more than 250 acres of environmentally sensitive marshland in the Richard P. Kane Natural Area in Carlstadt and South Hackensack.

The Trust recently signed contracts with EarthMark Mitigation Services, a Florida-based company that will perform the enhancement work.

"The mitigation of the Kane Tract helps further the MCT's goals of both preserving open space and creating a healthier landscape for wildlife," stated Tina Schvejda, Executive Director of the Trust. "Given EarthMark's experience and background, we are confident that their work will bring a higher level of biodiversity to the Kane Tract."

Trust Website Completed!

Announcements

MCT Board of Trustees meeting April 27, 2010 - One Dekorte Park Plaza.