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I wonder if this isn't a more dignified fate than other landmarks have suffered when abandoned, slowly decaying into a pile of debris or succumbing to an arsonist's match.

Nice photos Ben. They bring back memories of my younger days wandering that area when I lived in the northern part of the state. Most of my time was spent hunting grouse and flyfishing for trout but the history bug bit me just before I moved here in the early 80s. There are many spots I'd love...

Well, we do like to pretend, don't we? Once and a while when I'm out after deer with my muzzleloader, I try to imagine that not only I am I truly in the middle of nowhere, but I am also in the middle of the 1840s. Overhead planes usually chip away at that illusion, but I still try.

It was good seeing you today Guy. Sorry I had to rush off. Like you said, I had a bunch of sites to hit with the group I was leading. I never cease to be amazed at how often I meet friends in the most remote parts of the pines. When we arrived at Harrisville earlier there was another group...

I suspect the nature of that qoute is based more on it being delivered by the "interim associate vice president of operations" than it being one of their forest management concerns. It often happens when dealing with a large organization.

I don't know, Bob. That looks like good snake habitat you are about to destroy! ;) Anyway, it was a great day. Most crews cleaned up the areas assigned to them ahead of schedule. Many thanks to all who helped.

I've had several long, enjoyable phone conversations with Karen in recent months and she visited our office barely a month ago. It was a shock to learn of her illness and now such sad news she is gone. The Pine Barrens has certainly lost a true friend.

I went over them for the first time today. If this thread didn't warn me, the large, flashing electronic sign would have. Without either, it I could see them being an issue for those not expecting them. Good or bad, I think the reason for the bumps is less what is happening in Chatsworth than...

I'm starting to think that I will be dealing with trees affected by Sandy at work right up to my retirement. The first month involved trees that were either down or an imminent hazard. Since then, storm-weakened trees have been coming down with regularity and additional leaners or other hazards...

My primary bushytail rifle was a .32 cal fintlock. I had trouble keeping the front site on the little acorn chewers' heads with all that exploding going on in front of my face so I switched to a .36 cal caplock, but my heart keeps dragging me back in time and I plan on taking the flinter out...

I was hiking last weekend up in Ringwood and as we approached a brook near the picnic area at the end of the trail a mother and her children were gatherer around a snake basking on a rock at water's edge. The woman called us over to look at it, also saying she didn't know what kind it was. As I...

Just bumping this to the top. Adding to what Bob already stated, this is also a good opportunity to "legally" visit the mountain itself, where all participants will be treated to a hotdog lunch. Whenever someone asks me about visiting the mountain and indicates they may not have an appropriate...

Using a commercial entity as a third party for reserving things isn't new, although this price seems to be excessive. I made reservations on the boat that takes visitors to the Statue of Liberty years ago and was re-drected from Liberty State Park's website to the booking site. You would think...

Nice photo. The cranberry bogs in the background caught my eye as well.

My season has actually just wound down. I've spent a few late winter weekends catching small native brookies from a few semi-secret brooks I'm familiar with and some holdovers from the bigger streams. Once the crowds of April hit the streams I lay off for a month or so. Opening day used to be a...

Many of our rarest species require disturbed areas. Most of us are more familiar with those found in wetlands, but the principle applies to some upland species as well. Pickering's morning glory is a good example of an endangered species that finds ideal habitat in old sandpits or other...

Most features of loblolly resemble those of pitch pine more than they do white, including the needle count. Unless it's a large specimen that catches my eye, I imagine I normally walk right by many of them, dismissing them as a pitch pines. The needles are are much longer on the loblolly...

Looks like a great trip. By coincidence, I had some time to kill yesterday morning in Manahawkin and wound up in some of those same woods. I didn't find anything as exciting as that millstone but did find two pretty old looking cellar holes with remnants of their sandstone foundations. Scattered...

I liked the photo of the men cooking muskrats in that link. Anyone else's stomach grumbling? :)

It doesn't look like a typical railroad spike to me, but it could still be RR-related, perhaps a fastener used on telegraph or telephone poles that ran along the line. How long is it? A spike would be about six inches or so and square in cross section. If it's round in cross section, the bolts...