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Carry on camping - can a week under canvas reset our body clocks? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23530408 Researchers say that camping for a week can reset the biological clock that governs our sleeping patterns. The scientists argue that modern life disrupts our sleep through...

Another factor could be the cartographer's license. That part of the state is dotted with a huge number of pond-like kettles (ponds resulting from ice-calving during glacial retreat). Like Pinelands spungs, mapmakers for convenience don't always add small ponds as important landscape features...

JRich, the photos are worth the wait! How come my camera never takes pictures like that? Boyd, try a little 5-10-10 fertilizer around the telephone poles. That ought 'a speed things up! S-M

OK, OK, the same lame excuse as when you missed this one. Ancient Climate Change and Periglacial Landscapes, Pinelands National Reserve, USA (美国松林自然保护区的古气候变迁和冰缘景观)” State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, Gansu, China.

Just a reminder about the Atlantic County Park talk. It's free but they like people to register in advance (but it's fine just to show up anyway). http://www.aclink.org/PARKS/mainpages/Parks_eventdetail.asp?EventID=15608

Ben, I truly admire your diligence and dedication to NJPB and its goal to help Pinelands enthusiasts. The suite of new map options takes the cake! Hardly a day goes by without me using NJPB maps, images that are indispensable tools for anyone doing serious study of the local cultural or...

M-B, Are there any ironstone or silcrete boulders left on the slopes or summit? I suspect that many stones were hauled away for building material a long time ago. If any remain their upper surface should be highly eroded by blowing sand during cold climate (Pleistocene) wind events...

I’m with Boyd, the back yard- particularly the vegetable garden! But you have to be willing to put up with things like long power outages, bad phone lines, buck (deer) flies, ticks, chiggers, destructive pine voles, pollen beyond belief, and the threat of fire. Otherwise, I’m a little hesitant...

According to a new report (2013) the total cumulative South Jersey groundwater depletion for 1900–2000 is believed to be 1.3 cubic kilometers. Groundwater Depletion in the United States (1900–2008) http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2013/5079/ This amount is according to USGS estimates based on...

Gerania, LOL! There was no cake after all. We had to move the venue at the last minute to the Landisville Fire House. Night court was rescheduled from the week before after the judge failed to show up on the customary date. No one told the historical society about the SNAFU. Even so, all went...

Sorry Ben, You can still manage to have sand in your shoes. The Thoreau House (NY) is only 5 miles from the Clintonville Pine Barrens. http://www.nature.org/ourinitiative...ork/adirondacks-clintonville-pine-barrens.xml For the record the real Thoreau's Woods is yet another, albeit...

Folks, I’m giving a talk for Atlantic County Parks, which will be repeated at the Vineland Historical & Antiquarian Society a couple weeks later. Our Forest Heritage: Pine-Belt Employments This session provides a natural science-based overview of man's use of Pinelands forest resources. For...

Hi Gabe, I was thinking of you too when this was posted! Too late for you to pass through en route home from Mt. Lafayette, bummer. I'm doing some geomorphology work with Dartmouth College and hope to visit the area soon. Many of these "minnie-me" Pine Barrens only came across my radar last...

Ben, How 'bout other Pine Barrens? Most of these are windblown sand piles left over from when the Laurentide Ice Sheet retreated northward at the end of the Wisconsinan. The Albany Pine Bush is a prime candidate for a National Natural Landmark designation since it appears to be the best...

Here it comes: [Second Reprint] SENATE, No. 2447 STATE OF NEW JERSEY 215th LEGISLATURE INTRODUCED JANUARY 8, 2013 http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2012/Bills/S2500/2447_R2.HTM Sponsored by: Senator JEFF VAN DREW District 1 (Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland) Senator RONALD L. RICE District...

Thanks Ben, Lakehurst is a delightful destination for Pine Barrens fanatics. While a bit of a hassle getting in, the Navy Lakehurst Heritage Center is well worth the extra effort. http://www.nlhs.com/nlic/index.html Make sure everything is in order (driver’s license, insurance), since the...

Bob, Gabe, The site's complexity could not be understood without a well-prepared exposure. It took a week for two of us (plus a loader) to prepare this section. Below is a similar exposure without careful cleaning and an after shot excerpt. Outlined in blue is a compound periglacial feature...

Bob, It is a complicated process that took place over thousands of years. Here is my attempt at simplification. Imagine a normal temperate climate soil profile, one with horizontal layers of sand, gravel, and clay as deposited by a river in a layer cake manner. Then that section was exposed...

Folks, I’m giving a talk for the Buena Historical Society. Eight ancient trails in the Pine Barrens of western Atlantic County are documented, as well as old sites associated with their traces. Trials include: 1) Long-A-Coming; 2) Cohansey; 3) Tuckahoe; 4) Woodbury; 5) Hance Bridge; 6) Bears...

Good analogy, Bob. Mt. Washington and other isolated patches in the Presidential Range of the White Mountains are believed to still have Pleistocene permafrost (perennial frozen ground) remaining deep beneath their surface. Much of the frozen ground we see in mid to southern Alaska today is...