A road cut next to a spung made little sense historically, since it would be subject to seasonal washouts. Most roads that do lie adjacent to legitimate spungs were created by the FFS in haste. An exception might be perhaps the JCRR as it would have been very difficult to circumvent every...
As an interesting side note...I had a contract to buy the place and land next door to it back in the '90's but I got cold feet and backed out at the last moment. I always regretted that
it's on jones mill road, or baptist road (not sure of the name at that point in the road. the road that goes from chatsworth to penn SF. I believe that place is for sale
close enough. Black rats will emit a rather nasty musk fluid when they feel threatened. It is very hard to wash off and get rid of that smell. I wasn't sure if a juvenile was capable of doing that but I wasn't taking any chances when I had to leave for work in 3 minutes. He didn't try to...
I could tell you, but that would be too easy. It was not because I was afraid of snake bite or because I was doing yard work. See if you can guess. hint: I was actually about to leave for work, right then, and I didn't want to risk this....?
a pretty fair article. I thought your comments were perfect, Ben. Very much right to the point. I thought the video was misleading though. It did show some very real ecological damage at the hands (or tires) of ORV's, I can't argue that. But it also showed a lot of people mudding in...
Hi Maggie and welcome to the forum. You are correct that the pines are threatened by their geographical location, being so close to such enormous populations of people. Populations that are forever increasing. A greater number of people provide for a greater threat in damage to sensitive...
Very nice article! I think it is noteworthy that they mentioned that John Druding of Open Trails NJ, which opposes the MAP, is also a member of the PPA. I think the position of support for the MAP that the PPA has taken is not representative of all of it's members. in fact i know it to be...