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It's always best to know why you are doing what you do, and not simply what to do. If that method gets the tick out quickly it could be fine, but not if you end up messing with it for a while. It can't be repeated enough times that the tick is not your problem. What's living in its gut is. That...

If by firebreaks, which could mean almost any path or road in the woods, you are referring to what are more commonly called plow lines by the FFS, riding bikes on them would do virtually nothing as far as the the needs of the FFS go. They are not intended to be wildfire breaks and are far too...

You are right Bob, and that's why I snuck the word "usually" in there. Every fire burns differently, depending on the ground moisture, humidity, wind speed, and fuel amount and distribution. A piece of land with heavy fuel in the shrub and low tree layer will obviously burn hotter lower to the...

I used to think the same thing Al, but I've been amazed at how many ticks I picked up within a piece of woods we burned the very year before. Their reproductive capability is so great, it takes little time for them to repopulate a given area. Granted, that is prescribed burning , not wildfire...

Love the graffiti on the sign in the article's photo. Reminds me of the old saying: "Grammar is the difference between feeling you're nuts and feeling your nuts." :D

OK, I'll spare any 57 year-old beavers that were here before me! ;)

Very impressive! She has a good eye for subjects.

Active cranberry bogs are not exactly the most productive fishing waters since they are drained every year during the growing season and do not have water on them long enough to allow fish to grow to a size anglers would be interested in. Wet harvest bogs have water in them only slightly longer...

Made my first trip to Second Time Books today. I've been putting off getting the first issue of SoJourn for far too long and the release of the second issue, along with having a rare day off with my wife and the opportunity to share a road trip together, prompted me to make the journey from...

I had time for a short walk yesterday but did not immediately re-locate the crash site. As I said previously, the indentation in the ground was slight, and I am hoping time hasn't eased the edges and made it harder to find. I'll look again when I have a bit more time. That tract might get burned...

Sorry, I haven't specifically looked for that site since the last mention of it here. Too many other distractions! I have casually looked for it while walking those lines while doing burns, but it wasn't my highest priority at the time. I can hopefully re-discover the impact site (as well as see...

The most common criticism I’m seeing here is how “ugly” it looks. But disturbance rarely is “pretty”. The immediate aftermath of logging, agricultural harvest, wildfire or prescribed burning never looks good to the untrained eye, or more accurately, the uninformed eye, and the resulting...

That's what it looks like to me. Also looks like a spruce, not pine.

In this case I think it is less about whether the dam should be removed or not than it is whether a township employee should be making that decision.

Missed you by a few miles! The wife, pups and I walked from Harrisville to Martha and back along the west side of the lake at about that time.

I spent many of my early years hunting, fishing and exploring the region surrounding the reservoir and was always fascinated by what was revealed during periods of low water levels. It occurred even more often before the Monksville Reservoir was created just upstream of the Wanaque (flooding...

Come to think of it, so does my 20 year old daughter:eek:. Even more reason to feel safer in the woods!

I'm mostly a waterfowler these days, but when I did more deer and small game hunting years ago I did wear the mandatory hunter orange. But if I was doing something else in the woods I would likely not, then or now. There's nothing wrong with it if it makes you feel better or you want to play it...

According to the NJ State Police, there have been 516 deaths involving autos in the state this year to date. I'm continually amazed by people not thinking twice about driving on our roads to get to a wooded area and then worrying about being shot by a hunter. Even during the six day firearm...