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I haven't picked up an issue in years. The problem seemed to be that they accepted articles and letters from anyone, with zero checking for truth or accuracy. What little value I did find in the magazine was the occasional exposure to a site new to me, even if the associated information was...

I had a chance to dig out the map I referenced today. While I had Ridley Field mentioned in my notes on the site, I was mistaken in that it was not labeled as such on the map. Unfortunately I was not so diligent in noting sources in my own notes back then as I am now, so while I got the...

Very neat. Some of them have the feel of old hand-colored linen postcards

I have a USGS topo map at work with handwritten notes on it based on information gathered from Elizabeth Morgan and Cliff Frazee years ago. There is a place called Ridley Field noted on the map in this vicinity which, according to Cliff, was a black hamlet. Unfortunately, I've never been able to...

Go ahead and use the name if you like it Al. Bob is absolutely correct. Unless you misidentify the species, the only name without leeway is the scientific one. I always call spotted wintergreen striped wintergreen, even though most references use the former name. But the leaves are almost always...

While I still have no desire to maintain a personal page I have recently been struck by the impact these sites can have. The owner of PineyPower.com recently publicized several hikes and trips offered by the Ocean County Parks Department on her Facebook page, since social networking sites are...

I had hoped to attend myself, but as usual on weekends, I was working, leading a hike in the Ramapo Mountains. But then again, that was fun too :).

I really love the way the green of the sphagnum moss pops out at you in the fourth pic. That one's worthy of being printed as a poster. And what's with all the labs on this site? Is owning one a requirement? If so, I'm covered, having a black and a yellow. I'd love to round out the group with a...

Ditto. As someone born and raised in Paterson, Whitesbog is one of the last places where I would be concerned for my safety.

I ran a tree service for a few years and the part of it I miss the least is cutting down beautiful trees for poor reasons. I did take satisfaction in occasionally convincing a customer that their problem might be better addressed by another measure, such as pruning, even if I made less money on...

Few management strategies are ever frozen in place. They all evolve. When prescribed burning was first implemented the planning and approval process Vollie described did not exist, and there is nothing carved in stone saying that the present procedures cannot be modified or improved. Moves...

Bob, without addressing the planning or whatever natural or cultural resources may or may not be affected by the burning at this particular site I can speak for the methods, since we do burns at our park and others using county staff. The lines need to be re-plowed before each and every burn...

Looks like a moth cocoon. Maybe a Cecropia Moth?

Certainly is a nice fish! Mepps spinners have also always been one of my favorite lures. A high school buddy of mine used to sell tails from the squirrels we hunted to Mepps. I wonder if they still buy them. I'll be retiring a few years down the road and I could generate some pocket money while...

My knee-jerk reaction is to join the crowd claiming that the average citizen does not need the type of rifle such as the one used in the recent shooting. But I have two problems with that viewpoint. One is that there are countless individuals who feel the same way about the guns that I do use...

You can’t lump everyone now rushing to buy firearms into the same group. I’m sure they range from the crazed to those just doing the logical thing, considering the circumstances. Putting aside the debate over whether these guns should be legal to buy or not, if you are on the side that does feel...

Many of these old fashioned techniques were not bad ones in the days before tick borne diseases, especially Lyme Disease. But the problem you need to be concerned with now is not the tick, it is the microorganism living within it. Anything you apply to a tick that is nasty enough to make it back...

Good point. That's why I'm trying my best to sit this one out. I'll save my views for my in-laws' house next week. I don't care if I piss them off. ;)

Exactly. There are so many issues that can be gone into and debated regarding gun crime but in this case a mother who apparently was struggling to control her son to the point of seeking outside help failed to secure her guns from him. The fault is clear.

Isn't it odd that we have the capability to find organic compounds on Mars but can't find a several hundred pound species within our own nation? ;)