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I have seen all sizes of native rocks scattered across the land surface of the Pine Barrens, presumably rafted in by river ice several million years ago. Did the rock surface have strange markings something like this? Did it look like sandstone as shown below? S-M

Great! I'm excited to see strong interest in South Jersey Vernacular Architecture. Down Jersey's VAF conference planning committee is diligently working to get the proceedings manual published online so that everyone can celebrate our robust architectural heritage...

Good question, Gabe. The reporter misunderstood that aspect of my talk. I don't always do a very good job when simplifying complex events. For example, permafrost does not melt, it thaws. Ground ice melts. A rock that remained at below freezing temperatures for two years is permafrost affected...

Thanks Guy, Stories of Great-great Grandfather were passed on to me by my grandmother, my mom, and Mom’s eleven siblings. My grandmother could not read or write, but “Horsey Bubba” was none-the-less bright; the Horsey relating to her Percheron draft horse in the barn. An oral tradition was very...

An old post on the extant of heath hen and its Plains habitat. https://forums.njpinebarrens.com/threads/high-plains-drifting.5201/page-2#post-58669

Barbara did a great job and had a big turn-out of mixed age! I wish to thank her for keeping Pinelands heritage on the front page, and making it relevant for both young and old alike. If we fail to engage the next generation, we loose the Pinelands. Hey Ben, you ran off for the mansion before I...

Ah, another friend of the Pleistocene! Permafrost, perennially frozen ground, is still present atop Mt. Washington. An old friend, Mike Walegur, also predicted that the high peaks of New York, the Presidential Range of New Hampshire, and several peaks of Maine likely have permafrost too, but no...

Natural treasures win recognition National Natural Landmark designation opens up funding sources By Brian Nearing, Published 7:36 pm, Thursday, September 18, 2014 The nation now knows what Capital Region residents have known for years — Albany Pine Bush, with its massive sand dunes and scrub...

Wild black cherries are tasty! Here's a link to an older post where they are used to flavor distilled spirits: http://forums.njpinebarrens.com/threads/pine-barrens-beer.6163/#post-73360 S-M

It's about time that others notice this phenomenon. http://forums.njpinebarrens.com/threads/kirkwood-cohansey-aquifers-health-critical-to-pinelands-ecosystems.9903/#post-119318 http://forums.njpinebarrens.com/threads/a-new-fight-over-how-to-save-the-pinelands.5196/#post-58550...

It's now official. http://www.albanypinebush.org/discovery-center/albany-pine-bush-preserve-designated-national-natural-landmark Pleistocene inland dunes are recognized as valued landscape. The Albany Pine Bush is a 3,200-acre site that supports significant geological landforms, preserved as...

Speaking of bucket list, good timing! The Top 50 Cities to See in Your Lifetime http://www.huffingtonpost.com/minube/the-top-50-cities-to-see_b_5547308.html Berlin is ranked 29th ("Few cities have played such a pivotal role in recent history as Berlin and its legendary nightlife and vibrant...

Agreed, I bought their first AWD Legacy in 1989 and there was no going back. I get 250,00o miles out of them, and then sell the vehicle cheap to others to continue on. Two developed head gasket warps that required rebuilds over the years, so be warned. Otherwise they are trouble free. When...

I was in Berlin to present at a DFG/NSF scientific conference, Tough Choices – Land Use Under a Changing Climate. Here’s a link to the venue. http://usg08.nkgcf.org/Seiten/usg08.html It’s hard to believe that a lot of that city was reduced to rubble during World War II. I liked the German’s...

I am sad to report that the old Parker Oak in Estell Manor was cut down this Spring. It was improperly pruned (topped) a decade ago, which led to its demise. Never top (stub cut) trees, especially mature ones because it causes irreparable harm. It was probably like the Wawa Oak a trail marker...

Actually, I think the name change occurred to entice Germans to settle there. Let me use a Buena Vista Township example. Folsom (a.k.a. New Germany) was probably the earliest ethnic settlement in the Pines (c.1848). It is on the Long-A-Coming Trail. The Weymouth Land and Agricultural Company...

I never saw a ground hog growing up in the Pines. It was said that the soil was too sandy for them to burrow. They've only arrived along with with all the new construction, which provided suitable man-made habitat to dig under. In 1999, I stated looking for cracks in earnest to prove that...

Two weeks ago I had this very same conversation with a group of Europeans after presenting on wind-faceted stones from the Pine Barrens in Portugal. I relayed that Berlin was my favorite European capital, and all shook their heads no and said I should have chosen Prague, including two Berlin...

Berlin is a great place for a capital city. I mean this in a nice way, the place is like a clean safe Baltimore with lots of arts and culture. Locals are addicted to currywurst (hot dogs swimming in spicy ketchup). Hey, we put maple syrup on scrapple, so who am I to judge? Eastern Germany is...

Actually, Berlin, Germany, looks a lot South Jersey. It is part of the great ice-marginal sand belt, with similar ice age features I work on here in the Pine Barrens. Berliners only learned how to productively farm their sandy ground during the last 200 years. That skill came in handy when...