Forests & Meadows of the Crossing

Proposal and Survey

Washington Crossing State Park marks the site where the Continental Army crossed the Delaware River in 1776. The park attracts more than 100,000 visitors annually. Many come to walk, run, and cycle in the park because of its beauty. However, the park faces a serious biodiversity threat due to the overgrowth of invasive plants and shrubs that are suffocating the habitat.

The “Forests & Meadows of the Crossing” project would restore and interpret interconnected landscapes within Washington Crossing State Park—the woodland corridor along historic Continental Lane and adjacent meadows. The project would strengthen habitat connectivity, improve ecological function and biodiversity, enhance the existing passive recreation experience, and reveal the historic relationship between the park's landscape and the Continental Army's movement through the landscape. We will honor the legacy of the founding of America, as well as the pastoral, restorative landscape the Park’s founders envisioned 100 years ago.

In order to improve visitor experience and habitat quality in the heart of the park — from the main entrance to the new Museum — the WCPA is proposing an ecological stewardship and conservation project to:

establish native wildflower meadows,
conduct invasive species control, and
restore critical forest along historic Continental Lane that have been damaged by storms and disease

Email info@wcpa-nj.com with questions. Survey ends September 15th, 2015

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