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I came across this article today. I wasn't sure if this was seen here when first released, or if it's been discussed here but I didn't remember any mention of it...

We see velvet ants often when exploring the Pine Barrens, and I find them to be fascinating, even though I sure as heck don't want to be stung by one. I found a cool article today on them in case anyone else is interested...

I had a few questions about Penn State Forest for the good folks on here. I've been interested in exploring it for a while and might just do that sometime next week. I had two questions for anyone who might know: Are there any of the roads there that would be difficult or impossible to pass...

I learned something interesting today, and figured my fellow nature lovers would be interested (although many of you probably know this already) :). The past few winters I've been visiting cranberry bogs to check out the tundra swans, which are beautiful and well-loved by birders. I started...

Hey Folks, I'm doing a presentation on poisonous plants for the Lancaster County Master Gardeners this evening (2/16/2022). I've done this presentation for other organizations before and it's been well received. Many of the plants don't grow in the Pine Barrens proper but do grow on the...

I've been interested in quite some time about a few sites in Brendan Byrne State Forest and was wondering if you all could point me in the right direction, I have a few questions about some of the sites. In Howard Boyd's book (Field Guide to the Pine Barrens of New Jersey) he refers to Mount...

Yesterday my sons and I were fishing in the Pine Barrens, and we came across a few dragonflies, which brought me to write this post. Every year it seems like my sons and I have a theme in the outdoors. We've been through herping, birding, botanizing, bushcraft, fishing, and at the beginning of...

I pulled this tick nymph off of my son this afternoon and for the first few minutes thought it was a dog tick, but looking closer something didn't match. I looked at the pics of the nymph for the Asian longhorned tick and I don't think this is far off, but maybe Sue Gremlin, Bob, Manumuskin or...

My boys and I have fished since they were very small, but they were really bitten by the fishing bug back in 2019! I never fly fished before, however, and they showed interest, so we learned to fly fish and tie flies together last year (starting with those basic Orvis kits). We never fly fished...

My sons and I fell in love with fishing over the past few years, but this past summer we've done more than we ever have. All three of us really grew to enjoy pursuing catfish this summer. We came to find out that there are 5 species of catfish in NJ, and by the end of the summer, we had caught...

A few of you recently helped me with suggestions for places to get out and fish for pickerel, both in my fishing thread and over PM. We had a chance to get out a few times before the park restrictions and we were successful! My older son always outfishes me but I wouldn't have it any other way...

Earlier this summer, both of my boys (ages 8 and 11) took a more serious interest in fishing, and we got out a bit in our area here in Central NJ. They have expressed interest in fishing in the Pine Barrens, and I'd love to take them. I was wondering if anyone could recommend some decent places...

Found here: https://www.njfishandwildlife.com/pdf/2018/wma_user_surveyrpt18.pdf?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery

I wanted to check in here for some opinions on the red trail on the FPP. I was planning on going out there on Sunday, but with the recent rains I was wondering if any parts of the trail would be impassable or just outright too muddy to walk comfortably with family? Also, how's the tick situation...

Just in case any of you all fish out that way, I copied and pasted an e-mail that I received earlier from the DEP via their release feed. IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 19, 2018 Contact: Lawrence Hajna (609) 984-1795 Caryn Shinske (609) 984-1795 NEW JERSEY UPDATES FISH CONSUMPTION ADVISORIES FOR...

I'm finally biting the bullet and purchasing a canoe and a kayak for family. In the past we've canoed Prospertown Lake and Atsion Lake, both were beautiful, but I wanted to ask the opinions of others-what are the most scenic and outright best lakes in the Pine Barrens to drop a canoe and spend...

The DEP just released its new Wildlife Action Plan, and is inviting the public to comment on it: http://www.nj.gov/dep/fgw/ensp/waphome.htm Admittedly I didn't read all 3052 pages of it, however I got to some very interesting parts of it within the course of an hour. One thing that surprised...

I wanted to keep you all in the loop regarding a project that the students and I became involved in a few years back. In short, the students were in the middle of an amphibian conservation project and I went to look up the NJ State reptile and amphibian and noticed that there wasn't one. So we...

I found this interesting, I thought that others might as well... https://medium.economist.com/greater-than-the-sum-of-its-parts-a3fac171b45?ref=yfp

Another Whiskey-Tango-Halo moment. http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/real-time/Teens-garbage-New-Jersey-osprey-nest-pose-live-cam-photos.html I somewhat wish that they had tried that with a goshawk nest. The hilarity that ensued would have been entertaining to say the least.