Environmental panel to sponsor nature walk

The Lawrence Brook Watershed Partnership (LBWP) will host a 1 1/2- to 2-mile nature walk from 10 a.m. to noon on July 14 at Keystone Park/Joseph P. Chagnon Wildlife Area, East Brunswick

Participants should meet in the parking lot on Emerson Street, which is the first right turn from Main Street/Bordentown Avenue, northeast of its intersection with Old Bridge Turnpike.

Brian Racin, LBWP member, tree expert and South River Shade Tree Commission chairman, will lead the first LBWP walk of the South River Watershed. The public is invited to explore the area's woodlands, flora and fauna and the South River. Participants should bring water and wear long pants and shirts and strong shoes.

Cost is $5 for adults, $3 for members and children.

For more information and directions, call Alan Godber at (732) 846-4476 or the LBWP office at (732) 249-5297 or log on to www.lbwp.org.

The Lawrence Brook Watershed Partnership is a nonprofit organization serving the environmental interests of East Brunswick, Milltown, South Brunswick, North Brunswick and New Brunswick.