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  1. Ben Ruset

    Wet Day at Colliers Mills

    Today I took a quick trip out to Colliers Mills to scout out some locations for an upcoming site get-together that I am planning for (possibly) February. I got a late start to the day, getting there at 2PM. Long time members may remember an article I wrote way back in May of 2005 about...
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    Cabela's Boar Hide Field Pants

    To those of you guys who have the Cabela's Boar Hide Field Pants, am I right in assuming that you need to have them hemmed? It looks like they come with a 37" inseam, and that it will hem to a 35.5" without cuffs. I normally wear pants that are 32" long, and I don't want to end up with a cuff...
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    Mouth of the Mullica

    I was looking at the USGS aerial photographs of the mouth of the Mullica River. I noticed that in alot of the marshy areas, there are really straight lines or channels that run through them. What are they? Up by me, in Brick, some of our marshy areas have the same thing. I'm not 100% sure...
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    Ocean County bought the Cedar Bridge Tavern

    http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071220/NEWS02/712200446/1070
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    Pine Barrens Book/CD Signing at the Sweetwater Casino

    Posted by request of Linda. If you have any questions regarding the event, email her. Lines on the Pines - "The ABC's of the Pine Barrens" (Artists & Authors…Books.& Crafts) Sunday March 9th, 2008 - Sweetwater Casino, Hammonton, NJ Artists will display and offer some crafts for sale...
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    MSN Birds Eye View Maps

    Click for larger image: Allaire Furnace Stack Atsion Mansion Batsto Mansion Quaker Bridge
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    When is Hunting Season Over?

    Am I right in reading the DEP website that Jan 31st is the last day for deer hunting in Jersey?
  8. Ben Ruset

    Deep Hollow Campground

    After reading this thread, I decided to go and check out Deep Hollow, the campground that the State abandoned in the 1970's. I took 72 to Four Mile Road, and then made a right on Upper Mill Rd. The road into the former camp site is before the bend in Upper Mill Rd. The pavement is in rough...
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    Atsion Baby Bog

    I've been skimming through "Iron in the Pines", and the Quaker Bridge chapter mentions a bog I have never seen: "After a little turn past a cedar thicket, not quite two miles beyond Atsion, a bit of civilization punctuates the wilderness. It is a cranberry bog, not a large one as bogs go, but...
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    Jackson won't be punished for park on landfill

    http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071023/NEWS02/710230370/1070 Only in New Jersey can a mayor violate DEP rules twice, say "oh, I had no idea" and get off without any sort of problems or fine. Meanwhile if you take a quad down a trail in the woods, the DEP is more than happy...
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    Broke in the New Jeep

    Some of you may know that I now have a Jeep again. I'm sporting a 2002 Jeep Grand Cherokee Overland edition. It's doubtful that it has ever been offroad before. I wanted to see how it would do offroad, so I decided to take a visit out to Nash's Cabin and the Cranberry Bog Pumping Station. I...
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    Site any faster?

    I made some changes to the web server config to hopefully speed the site up a bit. Notice it any faster?
  13. Ben Ruset

    Seven Presidents Nobody Remembers

    May as well have some history chat going on: http://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/wayoflife/09/28/forgotten.presidents/index.html
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    William McCarty Letter Scanned

    http://forums.njpinebarrens.com/local_links.php?action=jump&id=20&catid=2 Maybe someone who is better at reading old-time handwriting can transcribe it. :) I wonder if it was written on locally made paper. It's pretty heavy and coarse, but it does feel a bit cotton-y.
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    On The Steps of the Atsion Mansion

    This looks like a fun place to visit. I wonder who lives here. Knock Knock: Hm, nobody home. Maybe I'll try the back door: Someone really needs to sweep up around here: Hey buddy, your porch is rusting: Barbed wire? This guy is serious about security: Their neighbor could use a...
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    Lawsuit claims a corner of Jackson is really in Howell

    Lawsuit claims a corner of Jackson is really in Howell It's a conspiracy! http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070821/NEWS/708210316
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    Beta Test the New NJPineBarrens.com

    :muffin::muffin::muffin: Check it out: http://www.njpinebarrens.com Moved the front page over to new software, and gave it a new look. It should be easier for people to use and navigate. Let me know what you think. It's still a work in progress (a lot of the downloads aren't there yet, for...
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    About Spam Posts

    All: Occasionally a spammer will come along and post a message on the forums. We have protection against a lot of automated spam-bots, but ones posted by real human beings will get through. If you happen to see a spam post, you can report it to both myself and Guy by clicking on the icon at...
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    Atsion Mansion Restoration

    This public notice was posted today: http://pa.mypublicnotices.com/PublicNotice.asp?Page=PublicNotice&AdId=601796 Rumor is, this is just for an outside restoration/stabilization. I have a feeling the interior alone would probably need about $1M to get to "Batsto Mansion" levels. The Atsion...
  20. Ben Ruset

    2nd Annual Batsto 5K Run/Walk

    Posted by request of Linda Stanton: 2nd Annual BATSTO PIG IRON 5K 5K RUN or WALK, 2 MILE HISTORY WALK, KIDS’ DASHES 9:00 AM Sunday, August 12, 2007 Historic Batsto Village in Wharton State Forest RACE DAY REGISTRATION/PACKET PICKUP: 7:30 –8:45 AM 5K COURSE: USATF-NJ certified...
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