Was there 2 weeks ago and was dry. Looks like the FFS did some road work there this summer just up Batsto Fire Line Road a bit. Still very soft sand though
I thought there may have been new deadfall placed there but I wasn’t sure. To my knowledge there was no new damage there either. They even mentioned how effective the railings were on the Fix Our Parks blog I saw. I prefer those railings to deadfall
I’ve seen several fawns laying in the middle of the roads especially near what puddles were left and one dead one. It’s been a rough year for this years fawns.
The DEP has tentatively decided on requiring owners of the street-legal vehicles (no ATVs) allowed in Wharton to register with the state and obtain a permit to drive in the pinelands. It is also creating an interactive map showing which dirt roads (some deeply sandy) are approved for driving...
This is just my opinion but a permit system whether it’s free (for now) or not is the only way to be able to have an enforceable map. When you get your permit you will also get a map. This whole interactive map is so they can take all the information and make sure most of the locations...
Those rectangular pits are a result of the clean up. Owens corning dumped asbestos there and is/was a superfund site. Basically the asbestos is still there just covered over so it’s not disturbed.
The same occurred a few weeks ago. For the last couple of years they closed several WMA’s. Now they are offering a location to go if you purchase a permit.
Sorry I should have been more clear. To the best of my knowledge no roads were blocked. I was just passing through and noticed deadfall and small branches spread out in areas that weren’t last week. I didn’t really spend much time there.
Well I drove through there yesterday. It was pretty much what I expected. Deadfall piled up to block off areas. Mostly in the grassy area after the bridge.
I remember as a young kid my parents taking me there to see the airplanes. A lot of my friends went there drag race when I was older but I never went. We used to drag race on chew road until one of my friends wiped out going over the tracks.