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August 20, 2006 Call it the War in the Woods. Or perhaps the Brawl in the Barrens. A cable TV show last weekend that began as a lovefest, with Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy thanking pine-barrens champion Richard Amper for helping reform the process for buying open space, soured...

August 20, 2006 Call it the War in the Woods. Or perhaps the Brawl in the Barrens. A cable TV show last weekend that began as a lovefest, with Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy thanking pine-barrens champion Richard Amper for helping reform the process for buying open space, soured...

You certainly cannot group ORV's all together, but that's what alot of environmentalists do. The ATV's IMO cause the most damage. They often drive through with reckless abandon, and in one case tried to run me off the trail. Jeeps and 4x4's do not cause as much damage, and I certainly see no...

I was a real mosquito magnet when I was younger, now they really don't seem to bite me as much. But the pine flies love me. They often like to land on my head, so often I wear a cap. Pine flies are persistant too, they followed me out of Red Creek the other day.

They must also include all those illegal immigrants in this plan as well! Sadly, they are already here leeching govt benefit programs that are meant for the seniors and emotionally/physically disabled. :jeffd:

Yeah the ATV's are a real problem in our pine barrens. Often the preserves will have walls or fences along the perimiter so ATV's can't get in (though this makes hiking access a pain). But the Power line ROWs don't, and the ATV's get access in that way. ATV riding is illegal in all county and...

I've walked along LIPA ROW's out in the LI Pines without much trouble at all. Often the line trails are marked on trail maps and are part of the hiking system. Driving could be different I guess. I only really use them if they are the only trail to take however, because who wants to go to the...

Well I have never been in that situation, but my hikes, especially in the warmer weather, sometimes seem to get the better of me. Last Friday I took a 5 mile or so walk through the Red Creek Preserve, near Flanders, on Rt.24. Unlike the NJ Pines, there are buses, that's how I went. So even...

Most of the time I don't run into people at all in the piney woods. But here on Long Island, in some of the pine barrens in the western part of Suffolk (Edgewood, Connetquot) large groups of 5 or more ATV's are often seen. They can startle you, and often speed at you as you are walking on the...

There sure are alot of dragonflies out, I saw 3 different types when I was out near the woods this week

Does permethrin repel those annoying biting pine flies as well?

You'd be suprised at how little police are doing to stop illegal activity these days. In my old apartment for instance, I was often awoken at 2,3 in the morning by loud music from my neighbors. They were often drinking, both inside and out, and getting into fights. The neighbor's apartment was...

The ecological "footprint", especially here in the northeast, is much larger than average. People buy big houses, drive big SUV's, and waste energy in so many other ways it's sickening. Here on LI, it seems everyone has to drive them, even though no one needs an SUV for anything (on...

Hasn't this spring/early summer been much wetter than normal? We've had very few what I'd call "nice" days. It's been humid, cloudy, hazy...yucky. And we've had many 7-10 day periods of rainy weather, of which another one we are about to enter, as yet another front stalls out. I've been...

I applaud the cheesesteak place for stating orders in english only. I'm sick and tired of these illegal aliens sneaking into our country. Here on Long Island, they have destroyed many neighborhoods (by overcrowding one family homes, straining services,etc). In many communities, like Farmingville...

I notice the oaks out in the pine barrens in Suffolk do seem to have a bit of their foliage eaten. In Flanders, along Rt.24, by Sears-Bellows park, the oaks have been stripped almost bare, almost looked like winter. Will the oaks grow back their foliage this summer or will it be gone for the...

Not at Nepeague, but only a few miles to the east Hither Hills has camping.

Well certain areas of the dunes are off limits (southwest section) but other than that you can walk anywhere you want, especially on the east and northwest sides of the preserve. A power line ROW is said to run through the preserve but I haven't been able to find it.

Nepeague is a thin strip of land that connects Montauk to the rest of Long Island's south fork. It is actually geologically very young, from sand that washed in and formed the very sandy dunelands in this area. Most of this is preserved as Nepeague State Park. Due to the sandy soil, the pitch...

Nepeague is a thin strip of land that connects Montauk to the rest of Long Island's south fork. It is actually geologically very young, from sand that washed in and formed the very sandy dunelands in this area. Most of this is preserved as Nepeague State Park. Due to the sandy soil, the pitch...