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Read on <Facebook” an article on “NJ Spotlight” <https://www.njspotlight.com/2020/03/coastal-scientists-prepare-to-retreat-from-field-station-threatened-by-rising-seas/?ct=t%28EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_03_19_2020_COPY_01%29&mc_cid=89872bc4c0&mc_eid=f8cb742be0> describes the station’s need to move due to...

The article about the Mason Dixon re-survey says the stone locations will be measured using cell towers. Lotsa luck Some years ago we used cell towers to record the location of an uncommon plant in a woods near Six Flags. When wee went back and used the cell tower data they put us across a...

To monument seekers, boundary line surveyors/historians, and the just curious: in 1632 English King Charles I charter to Cecil Calvert, Lord Baltimore II, for the Maryland colony established the northern boundary at 40 degrees north latitude. The 1681 charter granted to William Penn set the...

After moving to Huntingdon, PA, it turned out that we’ve left South Jersey but not the barrens. There’s a pine barrens - where I worked almost 70 years ago - State Game Lands near US322 west of State College which we plan to explore, and Appalachian Shale Barrens in several areas nearby. In fact...

Al, you triggered an old "itch" of mine: cedar, cypress - how do you tell them part in the field and why using scientific/Latin names cuts down the confusion. So I dug out my favorite plant manual: "Flora of Virginia" by Alan S. Weakley, 2012, which covers Pine Barrens plants pretty well...

Below is a link to an interesting article about Fishers. The article is from a blog written by Marcia Bonta, naturalist from central PA and whom my wife Ro knows quite well, having originally lived nearby. While PA, NY, WV are mentioned, NJ is not. However, the article points out that...

Bob: As you may know, Ro & I are moving to Huntingdon PA (near middle of the state) in late August so call me before then: 859-4011. Two thoughts on the subject that bear putting out for all and useful in all of life's ventures: my old racing boss Berdie Martin told me, "Never make a decision...

Bob, engineering experience might be helpful but certainly not a major factor. Two kinds of stewards: operating and judicial. I felt I was better at judicial. Both require a feeling for the rules (in the judicial role one must always read the book before making a decision) and a feeling for...

Bob: long racing resume - high points: pit steward Sebring 12 hours 1955-1965, SCCA Chief Steward 1959-20??, U.S. Steward F1 1970-1991, SCCA CanAm II Series Chief Steward*, Formula Atlantic Series Chief Steward 17 years*, CART/Champ Car Judge*. Held lots of positions in Stewarding including...

Surprised noe's pointed out it's duct tape.... used in auto racing to keep broken fibre glass bodies together....

Teagate - MANY thanks! Now it's easy to view. Some time ago one of our members urged people to stay away because the structure was structurally unsound. This picture shows how right he was.

A couple of weeks ago we were on Great Bay Blvd and the fish factory outline looked different. Ro's 600mm lens revealed the structure has come apart recently. (Dom't ask why the image is 90 degrees rotated - It was .jpeg and that wouldn't load I found out, so this is .PDF but cockeyed. sigh.)

Good news, great pictures! Many thanks.

Late last week Ro &I toured our end of Burlington County, looking for Pink Lady Sipper/Cyprepediumacaule. We visited a number of places including three sites at Whitesbog, including one that held a number of plants 2 years ago, one just outside Leisuretowne, one north of Tabernacle, etc. We...

Tree water and nutrients travel thru bark and immediate layer beneath bark. Rest of trunk is dead wood. Hollow cylinder nearly as strong as solid cylinder - question is, how "nearly" compared to forces on it. But back to original questions about the practice of planting two Sycamores at the...