Advocates of Natural Beauty

 Our mission is to protect, enhance and promote the vital water and other natural and cultural resources of the New Jersey Highlands to sustain current and future generations.
Specifically, our focus is on:

• Safeguarding the water resources, ecological integrity, biodiversity, and the cultural and scenic resources of the New Jersey Highlands.
• Promoting the implementation of a strongly protective Highlands Regional Master Plan.
• Faithful implementation of the Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act, and the promulgated regulations of NJDEP and other agencies.
• Increasing local, state, federal and private sources of funding for land conservation and stewardship in the region, and promoting better planning, growth management and land acquisition strategies.
• Educating the public and decision-makers on, and serving as an information source for, New Jersey Highlands cultural and natural resource protection.
• Creating strong partnerships and alliances with organizations and individuals to effectively protect, preserve and enhance the New Jersey Highlands.

Located on the grounds of the historic Kennedy Martin Stelle Farmstead, Farmstead Arts is aT center for fine, performing and practical arts offering year-round programming of concerts, theater performances, art exhibitions and special events like barn dances and holiday boutiques.

Artists in residence offer all varieties of art classes and workshops.

he Kennedy Martin Stelle Farmstead is named for three of its most prominent residents.  Local, state, agricultural and revolutionary war history is highlighted in the Farmstead’s buildings, prominent residents history, lectures, exhibits, and educational programs. The entire site is an ongoing restoration and preservation project.