PRINCETON — Hikers seeking new outdoor venues to explore can now find them at the property around an historic forestry center that now provides office and meeting space for Mercer County.The Mercer County Gardner Center off Interstate 77 at Exit 14 now has six easy to moderate hiking trails – about 6,000 feet – around its facility.Formerly a U.S. Forestry Service laboratory, the Gardner Center is near a wooded area that was often used as part of the laboratory’s work. Naturalist and conservator Jeffery Palmer, who now maintains the trails, said that after the laboratory was created, technicians and scientists went out and created the trail system.
