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Sort of my point exactly really. That section of the Batona is like land mine hiking with all the horse manure, and you have to be really careful during hunting season even though hunters should be well clear of those stretches of woods. I like a beer or two after a long trail day like most...

Seems like this theme has been coming up in a variety of fashions lately. I guess my years as a park ranger often peg me as a stickler for the rules mandated in state parks and forest; if a no-burn is in effect I obey, if a no trespassing or closed trail is in effect I listen, and if a trail is...

The obvious struck me as funny to begin with, but sad on second glance. Chaled up to what, lazy? drunken? Both?

For all of you dirt Pagans out there :rolleyes: Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front by Wendell Berry Love the quick profit, the annual raise, vacation with pay. Want more of everything ready-made. Be afraid to know your neighbors and to die. And you will have a window in your head. Not...

Recently the wife and I decided to give backyard bee keeping another go-round. While not an easy naturist hobby it is highly rewarding in many ways. First time around the bees, unfortunately, didnt get passed the winter. Since then though I've learned some new tricks that I think will make...

Yeah arson is an odd choice, I always thought that implied malicious intent. I do think some charge should be administered however. I know I have had, to many to count, bon/campfires, in all I kinds of conditions. Never have I left a fires remains untended until I was sure it was 100% out...

How exciting, nothing like finding an author who reaches you, happy reading! At the top of my Abbey list I'd put; Desert Solitaire Appalachian Wilderness The Monkey Wrench Gang Hay Duke Lives The Fools Progress Confessions of a barbarian & his poetry, came seem to recall the...

Huge Abbey fan here. From Desert Solitaire to the Monkey Wrench Gang. Over the years I've touched on most all of his works and never leave a page unturned. His work always helps evoke my deepest feelings on human nature and wildness. "May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome...

By Darran Simon INQUIRER STAFF WRITER A Pemberton Township man was charged with arson this week after failing to put out a campfire that reignited and burned some 500 acres of Pinelands in Burlington County over the weekend, police said. Andrew Frake, 32 of the Browns Mills section, was...

Perfect example of the "Me" generation striking again. There to see the ballgame? Fat chance between the distractions these days. I go to many ballgames during the season and CBP is becoming not such a fun destination. Ashburn Alley is crawling with drunks looking to become distractions to...

Didnt mean to point the finger at responsible 4 x 4 ers Dave, I meant vehicle use in general on Apple Pie. Also, I imagine most everbody reading the post cares enough to treat the Pines with love and respect, its the "me generation" as was pointed out. Kudos to everybody who fights the good...

Hate to add to fuel to the fire, but on a hike from Carranza to Apple Pie two weeks ago I was filled with more anger than you could shake a stick at. Batona camp you guys have already shown, but the Hill was more trashed than I've seen it in years. At least three tv/computers were dropped from...

Great article, I especially like the sentences "The work of inclosing the vast tract at Mays Landing will begin within a few days. A wire fence, running for miles along the roads, will be the first evidence that gunners, naturalists and strays will no longer be welcome in the old “Naturalists’...

Im jealous that looks like a real blast

As usual you are a scholar and a gentlmen to find, and post, such a fun read.

One of my favorite Jersey Devil legends, and I do think there is some kind of veracity to the claim. I’m not sure where Madison lies in all of this however, if at all. We do know that the event would have had to have been sometime in 1819 when Decatur was indeed in NJ testing the quality of...

Hope it comes to true, nothing beats a winter hike with snow all around.

All, In mind of Furball's suggestion I've decided on Private Yankee Doodle written by Joseph Plumb Martin. This is a really well written account from the bottom floor of the American Revolution, and I picked it because of its account of the Battle of Red Bank here in Southern New Jersey...

Agree and Agree. Have been saying this for years now. For just a little investment the Parks could cut down on a ton of vandalism, and future repair expense. Was at Lower Forge this past weekend and watched a group treat it like a car camping place, shuttling loads and loads of crap in and...

The average eastern coyote is 30-50 lbs on average, track size is oval aprox. 3-3.5 inches, and colors range from blonde to darker brown and black. The western coyote by contrast is 20-30 lbs, predominately grey in color with a light grey to cream under belly. The eastern variety can often be...