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Background: for years I’ve heard conversations and opinions regarding what the Pinelands looked like, what tree species there were, before Europeans came here and messed with it. Most, if not all, of such talks ended with something along the lines of , “well, we can’t really be sure as we...

In the past two days we’ve seen a big maple on Pemberton-Ft Dix access road beginning to leaf out and others in bud, blueberry bushes in bud at Whitesbog, red-bellied turtles on a log in a wet ditch in Tuckahoe WMA, a tree (Cherry?) with pink blooms along US9 on the way to Cape May, and...

I was reading a thread here about the Richards canal and in one of the links there was a piece of an old map that showed a "Delaware and Atlantic" canal that ran from Rosenhayen (where is that?) on the Delaware River thru Jobstown and Juliustown. Did that canal actually exist? When? Who? I...

Ro found the video at the below address that presents a new, and surprisingly plausible, version of the Jersey Devil Story. < https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=share&v=XJcGDtRG-Js>

Somewhere recently I read or heard that in Colonial and later times people building a home would plant a pair of sycamore trees out front. Yesterday, Ro and I traveled a lot of gack roads in Atlantic, Cumberland, Salem, Gloucester, Burlington, and Camden Counties. It was noticeable that many...

HELP! Been trying to locate precipitation records for Chatsworth area to use with botanical data we've been taking on Parker Preserve. Would like monthly totals for past 19 years. Have contacted NOAA in Westampton - zilch; suggested contacting Dr Robinson of Rutgers, state climatologist -...

This afternoon as we drove north on 563 just south of Chatsworth, Ro pointed to the large field south of the Ocean Spray packing plant and said that the field looked like it was covered in cranberries. I said,"No way. Must be some sort of grass." I didn't remember ever seeing that field look...

Coming north on 563 today we were surprised to see about 1/3 of the beaver dam just below the bridge was GONE. The water level was very low; on the north (west?) side of the bridge the water level was as low as we've ever seen it.

Eight Tundra Swans on 2d Whitesbog impoundment east of Sunningive tonite - they arrived since last evening, maybe on this windy front that's passing thru. Ro posted pix on Facebook.

Marcia Bonta, lives in centra PA on hilltop acreage, is a friend of Ro's and a naturalist with a nature blog. New post on Marcia Bonta Coyote America, by Dan Flores by Marcia Bonta Here is a review of the book Coyote America which I wrote for the November/December 2016 issue of The...

Ro ran across the following advertisement, which pointedly ignores PPA and their relationship. Interesting. Just saw this and verified it as true. PPA advertised this on Craigslist, but not on their POS site. Interesting..... http://southjersey.craigslist.org/for/5804739824.html

From a Brit newspaper, an interesting look at U.S. river systems and related mapping systems. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3860062/The-veins-America-Stunning-map-shows-river-basin-US.html

Altho this article, sent to me by Ro, has absolutely nothing to do with the Pine Barrens, reading it immediately made me think of Teagate and Manumuskin on their survey stone forays. Now, here's a really BIG challenge for them...

For weeks near Vincentown we've been seeing 18 wheel tractor trailers with rock trailers carrying BIG boulders going south on US 206. Yesterday just north of Chatsworth on 563 we saw one going south. Anyone know where they're all going, what's being built?

Checked the Forum for historical info about the Hedger House and didn't find any. How old is the present building? Was there an earlier version of the building on the present site? Were there any incidents of note (ignoring bar fights, inside or out)? What was the construction date of the...

Article on mosquitos. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/07/060703091932.htm We've got s beauty berry growing in our backyard; rescued it from almost dying off last winter. Besides the pretty berries, now I know why we saved it....

Ro & I were given copies of Vol 1 No. 1, Sep 3, 2016, and No. 2. Sep 10, 2016, of this free newspaper by the lady at Hot Diggety Dog in Chatsworth. Masthead says its for Bass River, Medford, Medford Lakes, Pemberton, Pemberton Borough, Shamong, Southampton, Tabernacle, Washington Woodland.

Ro & I drove the northern, unpaved section of Patty Bowker Rd today. There was a new NJ Natural Lands Trust sign and several orange boundary marker stakes along the west, wooded side of the road. The NJ Natural Lands Trust website does not list this property. There were old, yellow "Posted"...

The National Geographic has opened a website providing too mis that appear to be 7 1/2 USC&Gs quadrangles. The maps are in .pdf format and downloadable and printable. < http://petapixel.com/2016/08/06/nat-geo-launches-free-website-printing-detailed-topographical-maps/>

Please identify location. There must be a story behind those twisted rails. What happened and when?