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Wasn't me. I haven't eaten raccoon in thirty years. Now squirrels are another matter .:)

A memory of seeing it was floating around in the wasteland of my mind but I kept thinking much more to the south. Your hint helped me re-focus.

Pleasant Plains Gun Club

Unrestricted fire before European settlement and later widespread clearing for agriculture, lumber, and charcoal production resulted in habitat idea for Bobwhite, Eastern Bluebirds and other species requiring open forests and fields. It's good to see habitat restoration such as in the above...

Nice shots Boyd. The earlest photos of my own I found were taken about the time I moved to Little Egg in 88 but the factory looks about the same. All mine from that time are on 35mm slides however. I've never converted them :argh:. Someday!

I've taken a few of the factory since living there but rarely from the same spot. I've had regrets of not doing that. I've likewise always intended to take a series of photos from the same vantage point elsewhere after a major forest fire, to document the regrowth, but I always seem to let other...

I live within seconds of this view and have watched the deteriation sadly over the years. Many with no love of history consider it a mere eyesore, but aside from being a local historical landmark, it has served as a reference point for boaters and a nesting site for osprey, peregrine falcons and...

Apple Pie Hill Tower?

Bob, did you ever hear how they managed to get lost? I figured the Mickster had his ear to the paddling community and might know but he hadn't heard anything.

I consider myself very lucky to have known Pete for over 15 years. He was one of those people who accomplished so much during their lives, yet were so modest, that you continue to learn more of what they've gotten done long after they are gone. Pete leaves a hole that no one person will be able...

Nice photos of beautiful countryside. I love the pines but often miss the mountians I explored when younger.

That would be my first suggestion as well. I ran a tree service many moons ago and firewood was a large part of my business. Several operate in the southern Ocean County area.

I had a groundhog living under my shed for a few years. My vegetable garden was his all-you-can-eat buffet. We fought a battle of wits for a while, during which my wife accused me of morphing into Bill Murray. Eventually I caught him in a Havahart trap and took him for a ride. She thought the...

I'm hoping to observe the Beach Haven fireworks with my kids from my boat in the bay. Hope forecast changes. :(

I'm thrilled to see the book thrown at them. I unfortunately don't think penalties come into the mind of most of the creeps who do this sort of thing. Most don't seem to think they will ever get caught and the incentive to save a buck by the minority of unscrupulous contractors is strong. Maybe...

I've found bottles while clamming as well. I've also found them at low tide, partially buried in the mud, near the sites of old gun clubs at low tide. I've never compared numbers, but I imagine the gun clubs on the bayshore and island meadows were once as common as those in the pines. Bob, as...

Only the immediate site of the dig is off limits to the public due to the complexity related to the number of people involved. The site was extremely crowed with staff and participating students last Saturday. There looked to be about 30+ people taking part. Most of the activity was being...

Yes, being done over the course of several weekends. Most likely will not be the last one.

I think there are indeed old trash dumps that could be dug without doing harm to a historical resource. I used to dig bottles with a friend who worked for PSE&G out of Newark, who got into bottle collecting after recovering so many of them while digging up old utility lines in the city. Whenever...

This is a timely discussion for me because not only did I recently debate the issue at length with an individual I found using a metal detector and digging within the park I work at, but I also had occasion to observe a professional dig just this weekend. After witnessing the careful and...