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Thinning forests and controlling development in the Pine Barrens. They're talking my language! I'm glad that the New Jersey DEP is saying that the forests have been neglected for years, and is now doing something about it. And, as the article points out, New Jersey is on the same page as...

White House moves to expedite thinning Ditto. We do need to maintain a consensus for the best way to allow people to enjoy the Pine Barrens while protecting it. Foresters and loggers should be able to do their job within reasonable guidelines. As Thomas Bonnicken said, the primary purpose of...

For an excellent education on the wilderness heresy versus a common sense, realistic way to go about managing our resources, click on this link: http://resourcescommittee.house.gov/press/2002/2002_0401enviroped.htm

This land is your land, this land is my land. One view of land use management doesn't see it this way. This view, as is reflected in the decision to proclaim the GRAND STAIRCASE ESCALANTE NATIONAL MONUMENT, allows a select group of environmentalists to meet behind closed doors, dictating...

White House moves to expedite thinning Don't worry Bob, it'll grow back.

White House moves to expedite thinning There you go again, Bob! You're in denile. Do you think that these environmentalists, these elitists, should have a free pass and not be subject to scruitiny and held accountable for their actions like the rest of us, because they know better than we...

White House moves to expedite thinning Thank you for proving my point, Bob. Ditto to Ben's comment about being more afraid of environmentalist extremists than snakes. You can't effectively engage in a debate unless there is substance. There is a problem when environmentalists make abstract...

White House moves to expedite thinning The candy store's been open, 24/7 when Slick Willy was in office. Now it's closing. The catastrophic, or monster wildfires, as Texas A & M Forestry Professor Thomas Bonnicken calls them, have come to roost as a result of the policies driven by...

It is disgusting what some disrespectful people do to the land. The destruction you discribe, Bob, is bad. Destructive people should be punished for their misdeeds. Did you actually see the vehicle that did this? If so, I hope you got it's licence number and reported the perpetrator. I...

It's good that, as evidenced by all the field guides people bought, that the public is behind efforts to protect the Pine Barrens Treefrog. The same cannot be said for the Timber Rattlesnake. Popular sovereignty isn't working for the snake, so maybe an animal rights group can represent it...

You missed the point, Bob. There are nature people, like that Austrian guy who plays around with alligators and crocodiles, who are really into this sort of thing and are willing to risk live and limb for their interests. Not everybody shares this enthusiasm and are not overly concerned if a...

Indeed, they do, German. Your comment that the report of a snake bite at Oswego lake was a result of someone chasing after a snake is quite plausible. When I worked in a PA state park as an environmental educator, a small group of people went after a water snake from a causeway in the park...

I don't believe in the "leave it alone", keep things natural philosophy of nature. I remember some guy with a local environmental group in my area once saying [sic] "If you live in Bucks, then live with the mosquitos." I believe we should manage nature to suit our needs. This, of course, does...

I knew you would respond to my comment about purposely running over a rattlesnake, Bob. In the real world, rattlesnakes can be hazardous to your health and could ruin your whole day. In areas where people go, I just as soon eliminate them. I realize that rattlesnakes are part of the...

On my way back from my excursion to Lower Forge yesterday, driving on Quaker Bridge road, somewhere between the cutoff to the Mullica River Campsite and the abandoned railroad tracks, driving towards route 206, wiggling across the road, starting near the edge of a bog that abuts Quaker Bridge...

Yesterday I parked off Quaker Bridge Road, just before Quaker Bridge and hiked with my daughter and dog to the Lower Forge Wilderness Campsite. I hadn't been there in awhile (I even called it Old Forge mistakenly on the STICK SHELTERS topic). Lower Forge is a very scenic, peacefull area. To...

This is interesting. I think the stick shelters are what I had found along the Baton Trail this past spring. I don't remember exactly which section I found them. On one hike, I picked up the Batona Trail just south of the Apple Pie Hill Fire Tower and walked a few miles towards Carazanza and...

A Rose by any other name smells just as sweet. But for some bureaucrats and politicians to do things efficiently is quite another manner. This amounts to symbolism over substance.

That's right, Guy. They are talking about the new name for Lebanon State Forest. I don't like name changes myself. What would happen if someone from outside the area who didn't learn of the name change looks for Lebanon State Forest from an old, or fairly recent, map, is trying to find this...

On my visit to Webbs Mill Bog yesterday, I believe I found some curly grass fern. I also think I found the earth star fungus and the tread something sundew. I didn't have a field guide but looked on a web link that showed plants of the Pine Barrens, which also had a slide show. What I...