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Genie, If you are interested in the ORV park in Chatsworth, we have brochures at our park. You can stop by Wells Mills County Park for one, phone us at (609)971-3805 or e-mail me at GGeorgieff@co.ocean.nj.us with your address and I will be happy to send one out to you send one out to you. German

I see you clarified what you are looking for while I was posting my answer. I guess I was going down a wrong road! for that you need a botanists help. I'm sure most if not all of the ones I had at Rutgers are retired by now. sorry I can't help on that one.

They sound like Federal Status Codes used by the US Fish and Wildlife Service to define and rank rare plants. I remember there being catagories C1 through C3, but don't remember a C4. It has been a while since I have dealt with these rankings. I think C3 was plants no longer listed as endangered...

The township committee members in my town make no secret of the fact that they want to attract as much business into town as possible. It is that never ending ratables chase. Some people I know blame it on all the outsiders who have moved in and are ofter running local governments. But I have...

I think one good answer is more places like the ATV park outside of Chatsworth. Take an old gravel pit that was abandoned before the restoration laws were established and set it aside just for them. It is not the type of sensitive environment that will be harmed, and the terrain of the old pits...

I recently bought Howard's latest book on the wildflowers of the Pine Barrens. It is a great book. It includes color photographs and the flowers are organized in order of blooming, rather than by color or taxonomy as in other books. This is a very user friendly format and should be carried...

I'm glad I'm not the oldest you old fart! I'm only 41. Unfortunately, there is little to be done once a developement has been proposed. I have been an the Little Egg Harbor Environmental Commission for over ten years and naivly thought I was going stop all development in town. I sure got a...

Bob is correct. In addition to the private property, the various public and private organizations that have bought much of the tract all prohibit ATV on their land. I can't cay that I'm too in favor of them either. I have ridden them and they are fun, but not to anyone else that may be in the...

I am friends with many former and current tower attendents. It can often be a very boring job and I know few of them that will not welcome the chance to do some "entertaining" up there. It is always a good idea to ask first though. I've been in several towers and the Apple Pie Hill one is my...

Don't get me wrong. I don't consider anyone wanting to protect the environment as a knee jerk environmentalist. I consider myself an environmentalist and chose to make a career in the environmental field at the loss of considerable financial security to my family because I wanted to make a...

Timber harvesting is not always as bad as people think it is. The most valuable species in the Pine Barrens is Atlantic White Cedar. This is an early successional species that requires open, sunny areas for new stands to regenerate. Few cedar seedings will grow in the dense shade of their own...

Why didn't I notice this three months ago?

Too bad I haven't checked into this part of the forum recently. Now this place is really getting interesting! Way to go! Just try to keep the arguments intellectual and not get personal. I've seen other sites go downhill real fast due to that. Anyway, you guys have made some good points...

Willow oaks are around, Barry. They are not as common as other oaks in the pine barrens, though. They are mostly found in the maritime forests, closer to the bay. They can often be identified from a distance by their finer branching pattern than other oaks. I live in Little Egg Harbor and keep...

It seems to me that the artisian well at Harrisville is not putting out as much water as it used to. I assume it is due to the drought. Has anyone else noticed it or is it just my imagination? Also, regarding Harrisville, have you seen the job that was done by the state removing trees at the...

Well, you can count me among the cemetery enthusiasits! My park offers at least one old graveyard tour a year, in addition to the many other historical and environmentally oriented van tours. The graveyard tours are always well attended. We always point out the iron markers at the cemetaries...

I've also seen some of the recent opinions on the value of Phagmites to wildlife. The jury is still out, though, in my opinion. These might be the most recent opinions, but that does not mean they are the right ones. I'm sure more light will be shed as the species is studied more. From my...

Guy, I'd really be interested in seeing the landing gear. My e-mail is: georgieff5@aol.com. Thanks.

Has anyone gotten into this? I just learned about it a few months back. Someone with a GPS unit that comes on our hikes has been helping us find them whenever our hike takes us near a site. Yesterday we found the one at Bear Swamp Hill. There are several at Wells Mills, where I work, and we...

Another good one to visit is at Eagle, just off the road from Speedwell to Friendship Bogs. There is only one grave still marked, that of Charels Wills, if I remember correctly. The other graves supposedly had wooden markers which have long since vanished. If you are travelling towards...