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Big Buck was the camp ranger. I believe it was Grace, perhaps just to frighten us, who described him as a fearsome figure, used to ruling the scouts with an iron fist and not likely to take kindly to visiting college students breaking the rules ( as if we would have even considered it :smug:)...

Was Big Buck still running the camp? And why go through all that trouble bushwhackin' for beer when you had Brady's Pub nearby? You got spaghetti with it too! And by the way, my old Silva Ranger is still going strong. My GPS is my backup!

Reversing the orientation of maps is common in some cases and even recommended by organizations such as the Appalachian Trail Conservancy. An example would be on wayside map kiosks where north is behind you while viewing the map. If the map is oriented with north at the top, the trail you want...

The more I look at the maps and aerials the more I'm thinking the area surrounded by the higher dike is on the small side for a farm and perhaps might be the spoils site it was originally thought as. I wouldn't rule it out 100% though. But there seems to be a older dike surrounding the larger...

I could be wrong, but I suspect the site in question at Tindall Island may be an old diked farm. There were many of them in that region back in the day, and a road leading to it can be seen on older maps. Dredge spoils are usually deposited at sites more adjacent to the bay or waterways.

Did it once back in the 80s. Glad I did, as to cross it off bucket list, but never, EVER again. Downstream of Bamber, was doing more dragging over logs than paddling, in some cases not sure where the river was under me. Unless someone has cleared it in recent years, Dover Forge access, marked by...

Well, if it's any consolation, rumor has it there's gonna be a decoy show in Tuckerton this year! ;)

That was the Tuckerton Railroad station

I can think of two sites off the top of my head where this was done. Many merchants at the New Egypt Flea Market are located in former barracks from Dix. Until a few years back there were also one or more structures from either Dix or Lakehurst located on the north side of Rt. 37, between Rt. 70...

It's mostly Basalt. I grew up about 2 miles from the falls and my grandfather used to take me there often. He was a stone mason, sent by his mother to apprentice in Italy while still a youth. He was a rock-hound as well and weekend trips to the falls would often include a visit to the New Street...

I'm not saying they can't be charcoal pits. I'm rarely 100% sure of anything. But if that many pits are still evident in 2019, I gotta visit this site! :)

Isn't than an awfully large amount of mounds to be remaining so long after the charcoal was burned? What is the date of these lidar images? The few photos I've seen of pits in the process of having the finished charcoal being removed did not indicate much of a mound remaining when done.

The problem with the charcoal pit theory is that charcoal pits weren't actually "pits". The term was a carry-over from a charcoal burning process much prior. The aftermath of a charcoal pit should be a round, somewhat level area, albeit a charred one.

Grovers Mill!

This can get a bit confusing because there are two ovals visible and there are two dump sites. The speedway is (was) the smaller of the two ovals, and does not go around the old dump site. This speedway oval is bisected by the powerlines and was active for a short time at the beginning of the...

I'm a hunter, and regardless of the separate issue of what you did, he should absolutely not have blocked the road with his truck. No activity in the woods justifies doing that. I've always considered that one of those unwritten laws and a matter of common courtesy, like pulling over to the side...

Don't be silly. Harbor Freight!

I can't say the exact lifespan of a cedar but neither insect damage to the interior wood or decay kill the tree but rather create a structural weakness. The heartwood cells are dead already and are just helping hold up the tree. A hollow tree that is protected from the wind could stand a very...

Before European settlement, there were large predators present in NJ that helped keep Bambi in check. I would assume/hope that if humans suddenly vanished, those predators might make their way back into the ecosystem, even if it took a very long time.

Deer are a major hindrance to cedar regeneration. I've seen several study plots where old clearcuts had half the acreage enclosed by a solar powered electric fence. They are showed the same thing but one was especially vivid. Inside the fence the young cedar was as thick as a cornfield. Outside...