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Al, good stuff.....looks like a baby. I found a clutch of 6 baby kings a few weeks back.....Jeff, I think you may know the locality. Al, that is a very pretty king btw.....very distinct chains. Mark, most kingsnake coil up right you find them. The only snake that doesn't do this much...

Got any pictures of the bear tracks? I agree with grendel rangers will hasle you just to hasle you.....nobody is allowed to just enjoy the pines for fun and relaxation in their minds.....there always so suspicious it makes you feel guilty for being there sometimes. I remember the days I...

MarkGBC, NJCF to my knowledge does have a wildlife management plan. The one thing about NJCF is that they won't acquire land and just leave it like some land conservation organizations do. I believe they were given a 3.5 million dollar grant to manage it. For instance a grant was given to...

Does anyone know if there is a fire in the pines? I saw some fire trucks heading west of jenkins today when I was on 563....a helicopter was flying over too with water....just wondering.

Tom, I agree with all your points. The lenders who knew they should be lending to certain people like I said she be piled up and jailed. But people buying homes need to be accountable and stop living in fantasy land of what they can afford and stop worrying about how much bigger there home is...

Well said Scott. I agree many people portray prosperity and wealth and it is all BS its all a image acquired by having massive debt. Oh and for being out of the woods yet.....no shot. This market really may continue another 1000 points and from there will simply trade between that point...

9:28...Prepare for a big rally in the stock market today.... Long-a-coming, gold is a good place to be if the economy turns to total poo. But that too is way overpriced now, the bubble could burst on gold too. The real way to play this market is to look at companies that were lumped in with...

The desolate bay area is unreal. I spent basically every minute down there over the last 3 years and the amount of wildlife is unreal. If you've never been down there I suggest doing it sometime soon. It is in my opinion the best area in Jersey....I will take it over the pine barrens most of...

Ben, I think tech industry is the place to be this time around. What is happening now in the financial industry is similar to what happened in the dot.com bubble.... I love NJ and would love to live out in Chatsworth, but with one salary that is impossible. Although house prices are going...

Ben being down only 20% is quite an achievement being that the stock market was down 20% just this week alone. Most 401k's will come back over time just make sure you are positioned properly for the upswing when it happens in maybe 2-3 years. Just be ready for more stock market loses in the...

I know what your saying Ben. I work as a stock research analyst and this situation is very very bad. However, this is really only the begginning of the mess, as most of the impact has not been felt by the average american yet. Wait until this starts funneling through the system and business...

Nice photos! I have not spent much time on that piece of the preserve, but will spend more in the winter exploring there. Was the trail you spoke of Guy the one on the right a little ways down from were Bob is hugging the pine tree?

A cd some here may enjoy is Eddie Veder's 'Into the Wild" soundtrack. I suggest 'end of the road' good song, has a little bit of a zeppelin sound to it....Good stuff.

I volunteer on the franklin parker preserve for Emile DeVito, primarily with reptiles and amphibians, and working to document what species are there, along with coming up with ways to better the habitat.

Ben, I spend loads of time in all the barrens of south jersey, I have not had that much of a problem with the chiggers this year. In fact I can only think of one instance were it caused some displeasure and that was very mild compared to the amount I see in cumberland and cape may counties...

Bill, when is the last time you heard pbtf in belleplain? I've recently heard that they haven't been heard there in a while, maybe 1-2 years.

Teej, as for what you can do to help I would suggest reporting what you see to the state, or land organization who own the land your within, NJCF, nature conservancy etc. As for tracking and other snake stuff it is a hard thing to get into as secrecy is always of high priority. Poaching is a...

Guys, isn't there a big forestry operation going on up by old tuckerton road? Just south of chatsworth.

Thats a real cool article. One thing that amazes me about my pine barrens natives is the respect they have for the wildlife. Down south these things(rattlers) are killed routinely were as here for the most part it seems like their is an appreciation of these awesome snakes.

Just a FYI all snakes rattle there tale....however the sound is much different with a timber rattlesnake.....you can hear a timber from 100 yards away while a pine vibrating its tale is very quiet in comparison. A pine snake is still nice to see and that one is exceptionally white and pretty.......