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Bright Blue Lakes https://forums.njpinebarrens.com/threads/bright-blue-lakes.6437/#post-76742

Unexpected was where the ancient Blue Anchor trail (Cumberland Furnace to Buena to Inskeeps Ford) split off at a spung to cross a beaver dam on Marsh Lake Branch. If you went due west instead turning north towards Piney Hollow you ended up at Blue Bell Tavern (c.1761) on Tuckahoe Road and...

Oops! So busy I forgot to add the most important part to the above post, that we've all been hoodwinked about Vikings on the Hudson, but the thread was a good excuse to talk about Holder's find.

Al, Agreed, hand pruners work best as you can control where the cat o' nine tails will end up. In a pinch (pun intended), you can strategically snap the woody part of greenbrier's stem between your thumb and index finger and hook the whip like velcro on neighboring tangle. Also, once you get...

In Spring there was always a contest at Richland and Milmay Schools to see who could spot the first Robin of the season. Once one was spotted, the teacher would go to the piano and belt out "Wise Johnny," Little Johnny-jump-up said, "It must be spring, I just saw a lady bug And heard a robin...

Bob, As you know I have much interest in recording the loss of shallow groundwater throughout South Jersey due to over-withdrawal by urbanization. Too often we ignore or dismiss the collective memory of a place. I like to use local knowledge to commemorate the drying up of wetlands like spungs...

Way cool! Maybe some of the ancient accounts of Delaware River Swedes finding old buried foundations and wells had merit, as well as accounts of the war-like, blue-eyed Indian clan of Mullica River lore. One Cumberland County artifact still haunts me as the real deal. Jim Holder, a roofer...

I would read the Courier Post when environmental writer Larry Hajna was present, even though that paper really didn’t cover Atlantic County. He left in 2006 to become NJ DEP’s Press Officer. Sadly, it is increasingly difficult to find local papers that have critical-thinking reporters who cover...

My municipality, the one that initiated Pinelands precedent-setting redevelopment, didn’t fare too well according to NJ Spotlight; at least when compared to other Atlantic County municipalities. During the period 2010 to 2015, only troubled Atlantic City had a higher tax change (+31.1% v...

This thread brings to mind a dear old friend from Green Creek, down Cape May way, Lyman Hoffman. Note his name as reporter of some of the big trees on the State list. A banker by trade, Lyman by avocation was a champion of outstanding Down Jersey trees. His inspiration came from a 1949...

Plants never cease to amaze us; re-sprouting 800-year-old squash seed is quite a feat. David Gilichinsky of the Russian Academy headed a team that sprouted 32,000-year Silene stenophylla, an arctic relative of Pine Barrens campions (starry – S. stellata; white – S. latifolia; fire-pink – S...

https://forums.njpinebarrens.com/threads/cumberland-county-stones.10240/page-5#post-130268 State Troopers and Coroner's Staff, Richland – September 17, 2015 I have yet to hear an explanation of who or why. S-M

All too clearly...

South Jersey residents hear boom, feel shake http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/south-jersey-residents-hear-boom-feel-shake/article_3eebda3c-c5ee-11e5-94f5-07735cc23e30.html Five shocks have shaken my house, at 1:23, 1:30, 2:02, 2:17, and 2:21 PM. They are not long gentle rumbles like the...

I noticed that quail were declining in Atlantic/Cumberland/Cape May Counties a little before the coyote returned. We had big covies here in the 60s. Three observations: 1) forest-fire extent dropped markedly; 2) outdoor poultry ranges disappeared; and 3) wetlands were drying up. Quail were most...

We had about 16, maybe 17 inches of snow, too much for the Subarus to handle, so I dug 700-feet of toe path from the house – past the duck pen – to our cars parked by the road. It was a good excuse to grease the 16-inch Maine Hunting Shoes, relace them, and test their performance. I am...

Just got our electric back (Saturday, 11:30 AM)!

What? There is no bad weather, just bad underwear... Ukrainian proverb.

Also see, Drillers still have hope for gas storage area (Corinne Olson, Atlantic City Press, 10/29/64), which has photos of the rotary rig associated with a joint venture between three companies (South Jersey Gas, New Jersey Natural Gas – Asbury Park, Anchor Gas – Pittsburgh). Olson reports...

Sorry, been busy with work and talk preparation for the Philadelphia Geological Society presentation (01-21-16). Below is a poor copy of a Walkers Forge survey that I've enhanced to show water features and roads. The lower millpond is Naomi Steelman's on Stephens Creek and the upper millpond...