Inside the Hutcheson Memorial Forest

Mettler's Woods, Photo by Matthew Drews/Rutgers University

By Craig Winston Only 15 minutes from campus, you’ll find the oldest laboratory of its kind at Rutgers and perhaps the country, yet many students and the community are probably unaware of its existence. Off Amwell Road in Somerset County stands the Hutcheson Memorial Forest, listed on the National Park Registry of Natural Landmarks, whose 500 acres of forest and …