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I'm pretty sure I know where that is. I was just there a couple of weeks ago to see if they had indeed rebuilt the bridge. I do not think those metal posts were up then. The only reason I went is that Trail Tracker (spstrailtracker.nj.gov) showed that trail without the detour that has been in...

Does anybody understand this S2534 that was signed into law today, taking effect January, extending no-smoking laws to beaches as well as state parks and forests? I'm in favor of it, but it isn't very clear. It sounds like it excludes (allows smoking in) WMAs. It doesn't mention campgrounds in...

Update: The Pinelands Commission vote was delayed. From The SandPaper, July 18th: "Pinelands Commission Delays Action on Clear Cutting Forest Around Fire Tower". There was an appeal by a Bass River Twp resident, and because of the gas pipeline litigation, the commission now sends all appeals to...

Update: from the Pine Barrens Tribune, July 7th: "Pinelands Commission Poised to Approve Clearcutting..." Mayor of Bass River Township says her township was notified that the executive director of the Pinelands Commission is going to recommend approval of the clear-cutting plan at the...

Turtle Wax? Monkey Wrenches? Gorilla Glue? (And Gorilla Tape, too. Good stuff - used some outside today.)

Yes, Comcast is operating as an MVNO = Mobile Virtual Network Operator, meaning they are buying tower use from someone else, Verizon in this case I'm pretty sure. So coverage will be the same as Verizon. Similar to TracFone, which is an MVNO using AT&T towers in this area. From my experience...

I've heard that it is too early for them to be hatching, so it is probably hungry critters. This one below was much more intact that the others I saw, which were mostly just small pieces.

Thanks for explaining that. I've been seeing lots of small round holes on a path near water, and didn't know what they were. Today I took a closer look, and there was some thin white material near the holes which I thought was plastic but was very thin and brittle. Unfortunately they are turtle...

Picaridin is supposed to be a good substitute for DEET that doesn't damage plastics or fabrics. Repel sells it in a can marked "Tick Defense"; you have to read the fine print to know that it is picaridin. Sawyer also makes it.

I know people here are good at stuff like this, and enjoy a good mystery. I found this box on a trail, on a boardwalk that crosses a cedar swamp. I looked it up. It's a "Lee's Kritter Keeper", size small. People buy them to keep bugs or small animals, or to transport them. You can fill it with...

I've now seen 'my' squirrel do it. He's really fast, but I think he is climbing the slinky and not touching the pole. He seems to start up the pole, then jump up and grab the slinky partway up where it doesn't move that much, and then he just climbs up the slinky. In the video posted above, that...

Nothing heard back. I'm not yet ready to ask again, but perhaps soon.

Too late, I think. There was one perched right on the Exit 50 sign - probably the male, and one on the nest - probably the female. They were like that in the morning and evening. I think that's what they do when the nest is done and the eggs are either on their way or already there.

Honestly, I'm not sure. I was eating my lunch outside watching and I never saw him climb up. I chased him off a few times, but it seems like he waited until I was inside or out of sight before climbing back up. I suspect he just climbs up the slinky. Only the bottom moves a lot, higher up it...

Super squirrels indeed. At least one has solved the slinky puzzle and now climbs the pole without difficulty. Here he is. Note there is no actual bird feeder on top of the pole. I got tired of watching him up there stuffing his face with seeds. Just to mess with him, I took the feeder down for a...

(Update, a year later) There is no boat concession at Bass River State Forest right now. Cowboy Mike did not come back this year. I don't know if he decided to end it, or the concession contract wasn't renewed by the state, or something else. But you can't rent a boat at Lake Absegami at this...

I asked the question, and received a response, but not yet an answer. I believe sources are being consulted. Perhaps old volumes are being dusted off and examined. Patience...

No, I really did mean lot 2. Lot 2 looks like it is what was was left over after all the good parts were taken. The shape makes me think of voting district gerrymandering. I found the mystery "Bass River State Forest" chunk on another map...

That's a very interesting find. I'm agreeing with 46er: it looks like a USGS topo map error, possibly copied from an error on an older map. The fact that the shape of that piece of forest does not match up with the lot boundaries at all makes me think it is just wrong. To add to the places you...