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Hai, a fine choice by PPA! I recently had the pleasure of lunch and spung spotting with Oji after a science presentation at New Lisbon.

MarkBNJ, It’s probably a bit out of your geographic range, but I have a nearly complete set of the New Jersey Archives (First & Second Series) on loan at the Township of Hamilton Historical Society in Mays Landing. I’m happy to hear some are being digitized. There was a General Index to the...

Thanks for the warning. I too checked as instructed and fortunately appear to be virus free! Mark

FYI, Richard Stockton's burgeoning South Jersey Culture & History Center will have a free one-day event at the College on Saturday, May 12, 2012. Symposium on John McPhee's The Pine Barrens: 45-years After Publication: http://wp.stockton.edu/sjchc/ 9:45 welcome: Linda Stanton 9:55 Gabe...

Stick a fork in it, the Richland Village package sewer plant is done. Our Committee on a three to two vote killed the project during tonight's Workshop Meeting. Normally one or two residents show up for this venue. Tonight we had the municipal hall packed with sign-carrying locals. We care about...

Food plays an important role in Pine Barrens customs. One event stands out above all others, and that is Vineland’s Dandelion Dinner. Yes, we remain the dandelion (and eggplant) capital of the world! In its 39th year, the Dinner remains a favorite culinary venue. The event’s dandelion-based food...

Folks, The new Office of Planning Advocacy has finally clarified its position about State Planning Rule revisions. The 47 Pinelands Villages are “Priority Growth Investment Areas.” Richland Village is the Pinelands Commission’s prototype for redevelopment, Smart Growth, and sewering. It will...

I am happy to report that our little community once again demonstrated that we do have power of place. The Pinelands Commission and Atlantic County Utilities Authority tried to sway our municipality into continuing the Richland sewer plant study after hearing the committee was ready to vote down...

Bob, Damn, Scott brought long hots? I would have come along for that! Your trek was through the western portion of the Lochs-of-the-Swamp, a series of long narrow spungs (intermittent pools) bounded by wind-modified ancient river levees and dunes. Spring snowmelt floods fanned out over frozen...

Wow, Due to academic commitments I only intended to breeze through in a half-hour or so. It soon became apparent that a short stay was absolutely impossible! Nearly four hours later, with heavy heart, I reluctantly exited. Kudos to Stanton, Schopp, and everyone else who put together this...

DW, Yes, Jobs Point is a place of great antiquity. As I understand, early plans (in Job Somers’ time) were to develop a substantial settlement here at the Long-a-Coming Trail terminus. The route was abandoned after Farmer Hamilton built his bridge across the Great Egg Harbor River in Mays...

OK, Here's what I've learned so far: 1) Phil Sheridan, Meadowview, had not received requests for Trumpet Pitcher Plants, but suggested whoever removed them did so was because they were not Pinelands natives. 2) In its Management Report for October, November & December 2011, the Pinelands...

It is possible that the Trumpet Pitcher Plant may have been included in a project's plant-restoration specifications. This theft required some botanical knowledge, perhaps that of a landscape contractor. If this is the case, there may be a record of some recent calls to native plant wholesalers...

Passareg, Many thanks for the post! Mizpah is one of those Pinelands Villages that is chock full of fascinating stories. Here's an old photograph of the sewing factory that I think originally came from Sherman Hartman, who grew up in Richland. If memory serves me well, his grandmother worked...

Boyd, You are looking at old interglacial shorelines. During those brief (between Ice-Age) warm periods, sea level rose higher than today's level. About 110,000-years ago, the ocean rose perhaps three- or four-meters (10- to 13-feet) higher than present. Even without taking into account global...

Manumuskin, That area is an ancient riverine dune field. Those are Pleistocene parabolic dune arms composed of loose windblown sugar sands along Route 55, hence the classic Pine Barrens feel. It is critical habitat but that is the last thing the developers and their allies wish to hear...

Pine trees out perform all other tree species on sandy ground. Find a sand patch, and pines are likely to predominate. Sandy deposits are scattered all across the Inner and Outer Coastal Plains, often forming caps atop hills (e.g., Snow Hill, Sugar Hill). By geologic definition, a Barren is...

Bob, Us rock-jumpers (people below the Mullica) are mighty appreciative to be considered as living in Mac's realm. All the software's written for the PC, and it has 86% of the market share, but once you've tried Mac, you'll never go back. Thanks for the Beck quote, too!

Boyd, For this spring's flurry of presentations I digitized and colored layers of the original McCormick/Andreson map in Keynote, Mac's version of PowerPoint. Rick Radis, NJ Audubon, kindly provided the original for me to use in publication and presentation with proper attribution. Because of...

Geezerfinneran, For inspiration as to what constitutes the "Pine Barrens," look at the Figure 4 map “Outline of the Pine Barrens” in the introduction to Forman’s classic volume Pine Barrens Ecosystem and Landscape, (page xl). The original was published by botanists McCormick and Andresen...