CULVER BROOK PRESERVE

This 95-acre former golf course offers walking trails, ponds, and meadows. It will be further landscaped and developed thanks to generous grants from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Fish and Wildlife Division. An initial planting plan can be found here. If you are interested in helping with plantings, opportunities for memorial trees or benches or other projects to highlight the flora and fauna of the Preserve, please email us at info@gclwf.org.
WHO LIVES HERE?
Bull Frog
Snapping Turtle
Yellow Monarch
Monarch Caterpillar
Bald Eagle
Belted Kingfisher
Black Bear
Ruby Throated Hummingbird
American Bald Eaglets
Coyote
adapting to the changing American landscape. These members of the dog family are unique to North America having adapted to a multitude of habitats.
Fox Sparrow
Painted Turtle
Green Frog
Pileated Woodpecker
CULVER BROOK PRESERVE EAST

This property on Ridge Road consists of 173 acres of wooded land. Forests like these provide critical buffers from natural disasters such as floods and storms, and they are the second biggest storehouse of carbon, helping to confront the climate crisis. There are no designated paths or parking areas at this time but the Foundation has agreed with Frankford Township to accommodate limited hunting on this property. Please see hunting rules below for more information.
WHO MIGHT LIVE HERE?
Red Fox
Groundhog
Weasel
Eastern Gray Squirrel
Skunk
Ruffed Grouse
Raccoon
Pheasant
White-tailed Deer
Northern Cardinal
Bobcat
Barred Owl
Wild Turkey
American Goldfinch
Mink

Photo credits:
Moonrise by Steve Okeson; Mushrooms by Judith Nylen; Yellow Butterfly and Caterpillar by Dorothea Wefing; Bunny, Large Tortoise, Frog by Terry McQuillin; Eagle with fish, Hummingbird, Red Crested Woodpecker by Lee McQuillin; Bear w/ 2 cubs, Eagles feeding by Steve Okeson; Coyote by Terry McQuillin; Painted turtles by Wayne Groves; Goldfinch and Cardinal by Terry McQuillin.