MLK Day of Service // 1.20.25

Join FOPOS for a Day of Service on MLK Day 2025! During this session, volunteers will work with FOPOS's stewardship team to battle invasive plant outbreaks at the Preserve. We will also work to free large established trees from the grip of invasive vines. Participants will gain skills in plant identification and learn about some of the pressures New Jersey's forests face.

We have two session times: 10am-12pm and 1pm-3pm.

What to Bring: Be sure to bring a water bottle and work gloves,if you have them. Since this is a well-attended volunteer event, we also ask you to bring tools like pruners, loppers, and hand saws, if you have them. FOPOS will have some extra work gloves and tools on-site but we would appreciate it if you brought your own for this event.

What to Wear: We recommend wearing long sleeves, long pants, and work boots/sneakers--this will best protect you from thorns, ticks, mud, and poison ivy.

Waiver: Please complete our online waiver prior to the event: fopos.org/waiver

Meeting Location: Mountain Lakes House Parking lot, 57 Mountain Ave, Princeton NJ, 08540. Be sure to drive down the long paved driveway entrance to the Billy Johnson Mountain Lakes Nature Preserve, marked by a series of black mail boxes. The gravel parking lot is on your left about a 1/2 mile down the driveway.

Looking to volunteer as a group? Families, students, community / corporate groups, please email [email protected] with “VOLUNTEER” in the subject line if you would like to volunteer as a group.

Host or Publisher Friends of Princeton Open Space