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Fox News and Comedy Central. This thread isn't about economics, energy and health-care reform, though I would join many in arguing that our current administration is attempting to move us in a sensible direction in regard to each. Encroachment on owl territory has gone on for decades. Maybe...

Yup. This is an excellent book on the subject of habitat loss, Tom. I read it many years ago and it stuck with me. "In a wonderful weave of science, metaphor, and prose, David Quammen applies the lessons of island biogeography - the study of the distribution of species on islands and...

It's got a big USMC on top. See it? Plus, when it was occupied, a marine used to come out and make me do push ups on the beach. Sparky is still supposed to be taking it easy what with his recent de-jewelment. And staying dry. He was a maniac today and went plunging headfirst into the water...

He's supposed to be mix of border collie and spitz. Smart! But emotional. :)

I was going to take the dogs to the barrens today and have a frog go ... but Turtle's frog-free-exploration post concerning her pond visits yesterday (and today's cooler temps) persuaded me to preempt the barrens haul and opt for a much shorter trip to the bay. The Breeze way, the Breeze, and...

Hey! Beat it, you botanists! This is a frog thread! :clint: Getting it back on track, I saw mention of this movement of 5th graders who wish to have the Pine Barrens tree frog listed as New Jersey's official state amphibian...

chorus frogs. :)

So much appreciating your post on this, Jerseyman; thank you. I wasn't having much luck coming up with any info on Lanning's Wharf. We were remarking during the walk about how desolate that area is now, while at one time it must not have been so -- considering the ferry and all of the related...

A rather odd lot self-labeled The Minnette Brigade braved frigid temperatures Sunday in search of ruins associated with historic Lanning's Wharf located near the mouth of the Cohansey River. The wharf, as much as I can see, provided a ferry service for passengers and freight to Philadelphia...

There will be a lot of cleanup required as this wall deteriorates. :) As much as the beachfront homes needed to go, it's sad to see them gone. I guess the remaining concrete, bricks and cinder blocks offer a link to what was, and of what is fading away. There are still foundation...

This study? http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/08/us-climate-sealevels-idUSTRE8171RH20120208 a year ago http://www.colorado.edu/news/releases/2011/02/16/thawing-permafrost-likely-will-accelerate-global-warming-coming-decades

Hurting for a trip to the pines, but there is too much going on. There's always the bay. The dogs love to run there. Has anybody seen Alfreda? I miss her.

Back to the bay. With my Uncle, Buddy & Sparky. Nobody else around. Just whispers.

That wasn't the reason I unfriended you, Alfie. It was your intolerance I couldn't tolerate! So there. Pffffffffft!

It was rather miserable out there. But the All-New Tuesday-with-Alfie team has a tradition to maintain; this week we traversed the plains in the rain way west of Spain. Just a few ... Sparky strikes pose.

Introducing the all-new Tuesday with Alfie team! Alfie! Sophie! Whip! (he's eating a cranberry) And, on his first Tuesday with Alfie journey, SPARKY! After staring with disdain at the ravaging of Hawkin Bridge Camp, the Fabulous Four began TuesdaywithAlfieing. This is what they...

Beach Avenue has been razed. We took our dogs (Sparky has been ours for less than a week; he is a 3-month old Lab pup, closely related to Alfie's Sophie, and a future bushwacker) down to the bay for a walk. Eerie on the marsh-road approach not seeing the dwellings on the horizon. The few...

Spring flowers are sprouting in my yard ... but, still ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEWMYfcg1o8 merry, merry.

Yup. Sunset Lake in Bridgeton was still the Cohansey River when this photo was taken an hour ago. I spoke to a local committeeman a ways back regarding repairs; he said "the money is there" (but this has probably changed) and we also received an EPA notice about dam work about to be started...

Alfie! That oak has acquired more girth than you! Amazing!