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Some sewer plants might... if they are set up to accept septic tank waste. I know we did down in Bridgeton - just had to call to be let in. If any are near you its worth inquiring.

I formerly resided in Greenwich (the real Greenwich, down in Cumberland County) and the local rumour was that the first cranberry bog in New Jersey was located there, near the headwaters of Pine Mount Creek. This was in the 1700's. I never saw the site myself, but did see where a bog had been...

Wow. And some folks think we don't need wetland or stream protections.

Not saying that is the case here, but that type of oil sheen and the ochre sludge can often be naturally occurring.

If you could have that entire drainage area without the old paintworks (well, maybe that and the old landfill on Centennial Blvd), it would have been a surprisingly clean body of water. As you said, a Pine Barren outlier draining to the west.

Wow... never knew that was the name of the lake. We always called it 'square circle lake'. Its where I first fished, and learned to ice skate. I imagine its been a while since folks skated there - seems none of the lakes freeze solid any more, except for one brief spell in January of 2018...

It is a nice beach. Definitely worth visiting.

I must have paddled over that wreck half a dozen times, but always around a high tide and never saw a trace of it. Be careful when you go... there are some squirrelly currents there where Stow Creek has breached the bank into Delaware Bay.

The pink clay is actually fairly widespread across the cumberland county area east of Bridgeton. I came across fairly extensive patches of it doing field work at Cumberland Nurseries on the south side of Rt 49, as well as on the grounds of FCI-Fairton. Interestingly at Cumberland Nurseries there...

There even used to be some cranberry bogs in the Pecks Corner area. I believe one of the earliest cultivated bogs in the state was from down that way.

From past experience with them, unless its changed Garmin's definition of lifetime is definitely what it sounds like...

I think the bloom is done for this year.

Wow... Mr Fusco's shots are amazing! I was down on an island in the mid-Chesapeake Bay over the weekend and the view of the Milky Way was simply stunning. One of the few times I can recall seeing it directly overhead and horizon to horizon. Wish I had some way to capture it!

Its good to see... when I was there Jackson, Lacey, Berkley, and Barnegat were exploding.

Its good to see OC hasn't changed since I worked there in the late 70's. Build at any cost. If it weren't for CAFRA and the Pinelands being a little drag, the entire county would be Long Island South.

Nucular waste!! Yikes!! I remember tending some research plots out there (late 70's?) for testing benefits of the absorbent gel in baby diapers on plant growth. Roots were dipped in the gel to see if it would hold moisture and improve plant growth. Hope I didn't get ir-radiated!

Good to see the bladderwort gettin' some love. Usually those darn sundews and pitcher plants get all the carnivorous love. Unless in flower I don't even attempt an i.d.

No limestone in this neck o' the woods. One theory I always heard was a lack of nutrients limiting growth of algae and micro-organizms. Look at an aerial photo of sand pits and newer ones will tend to be sky-blue.

Virginia does this now, and it has made me re-consider where I ramble in VA. By way of perspective, VA WMA's total a little over 200,000 acres. According to the article, much smaller NJ comes in at almost 350,000 acres. At least in my neck 'o the woods many of my haunts have been acquired by...

Probably markers for a survey of some sort.