![]() Speaking of its importance to water quality in the Delaware River, Mayor Lynch says, “It would have been destruction. Jones Conservation Award for championing preservation, Mayor Lynch tells how the land was literally rescued from developers who wanted to build warehouses on this historic property. Recognized with D&R Greenway’s prestigious 2021 Donald B. The video tells the story of ornithology at Point Breeze, as it showcases the unique features of the property with stunning videography.Most compelling is the story of preservation, as told by Mayor James Lynch of Bordentown City. Bonaparte’s gull was named for Charles, a renown ornithologist of his day. He spoke about the importance of land to the Lenape, offering seeds and advice for gardens that will be planted at Point Breeze next spring, closing with a traditional blessing for the land and its inhabitants that include all of Earth’s creatures.The ecology of the land and the birds that were observed and perhaps sketched by visitor John James Audubon when he visited his friend Charles Lucien Bonaparte at Point Breeze can be seen in the video. ![]() Chief Mann of the Ramapough Lenape was a guest speaker at D&R Greenway’s recent Gala that celebrated preservation of this land. The story of Point Breeze begins with recognition of the land’s 13,000 years of layered history, going back to Native Americans who lived here along the Delaware River and Crosswicks Creek. Using drone photography, viewers see a flyover of the 3,000 acre Abbott Marshlands, on the edge of the Bordentown property, as the title of the video emerges, Preserving Point Breeze, a New Jersey Treasure. ![]() Our new video opens with a birds-eye view of Point Breeze, the former Joseph Napoleon Bonaparte estate preserved by the land trust, the City of Bordentown and the New Jersey Green Acres Program at the end of 2020. ![]()
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