Meadow Restoration: Growth Update as of May 21, 2009 Where's all that invasive mugwort? Native grasses growing well!

Hi team:If you get a chance this weekend, go for a walk in the Hilltop and check out the activity there. At least 3 of the new nestboxes are being used -- 2 by tree swallows, and 1 by bluebirds -- so somebody thinks the neighborhood is up and coming … Bird activity has been high, with Baltimore orioles, swallows, indigo buntings, warblers, eastern kingbirds, etc., all taking advantage of the many insects that now live in / around the native grasses. Early morning is the best time for viewing. Butterflies are out during warm sunny afternoons, including cabbage whites & yellows, swallowtails, rusty skippers and even a couple of monarchs .... they're feeding on the yellow field mustard, white peppergrass (not really a grass) and the blue flax that are flowering right now. Soon you should start seeing lavender hyssop, coreopsis, echinacea and black-eyed susans, if the deer leave them alone long enough to bloom (we'll see about that). Have a good weekend.   Theresa Trapp, Treasurer

Our Hilltop Conservancy has been selected as the Green Award Honoree by the Annual Verona Mayor's Charity Ball committee!

The Hilltop Conservancy officers and trustees have decided to NOT hold regular general membership monthly meetings during 2009. The work of the Conservancy will continue however, and we hope to organize events as we did last year. Be sure to check your email box, your local paper and here for news and volunteer opportunities. We continue to need your help and support. Indeed... now as much as ever before! Yours truly, Anne Stires President, The Hilltop Conservancy, Inc.

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News :
• Summary of 2008 Activities and Acomplishments
• Spring Cleanup '08 Photos
• Wildflower transplanting event

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Links of interest:

Trails	Birds Commonly Found at Hilltop * Birding Checklist West Essex Birding		Plant identification and information site.
Montclair Community Wildlife Habitat Project	Essex Mountain Sanatorium	Friends of Clark's Pond and Third River Conservancy	Geocaching

Minutes from a Recent meeting.

email the Executive Committee
President:Anne Stires	Vice President: Geordie Smith
Treasurer: Theresa Trapp	Secretary: Brian Glennon

Mission Statement

The Hilltop Conservancy, Inc. is a non-profit organization recognized by the IRS (under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code) and by the State of New Jersey as a public charity qualified to receive tax-deductible contributions. The State of New Jersey requires charities that solicit funds from the public to register with the New Jersey agency regulating charities. If you desire a copy of Hilltop Conservancy, Inc.'s financial report you may write to: Hilltop Conservancy, Inc. Treasurer@HilltopConservancy.org
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because we are registered with the State of New Jersey, Information filed with the attorney general concerning our charitable registration may be obtained from the attorney general of the state of New Jersey by calling (973) 504-6215. Registration with the attorney general does not imply endorsement.