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    Goats to defend NJ historic site from poison ivy

    goats will eat anything.I tried to eat poison ivy once,but that is another story:-(
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    New Found(?) Gun Clubs/Cabins in the Pines

    I'm thinking of the old hunting club remains east of the B inscribed stone you found in the swamp which itself is east of Blacks Stone.Perhaps this is the club further south up Chamberlin Branch that I never made it to?
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    New Found(?) Gun Clubs/Cabins in the Pines

    he is standing less then fifty feet from a stone that Guy found by I could not.I assume it was buried,either that or I'm blind.
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    Favorite place in the Pine Barrens

    I know of no deep holes in Bevan other then some obviously old gravel pits that are no longer used,that and some potentially maiming cellar holes from the old Baileytown settlements. I tripped and almost fell head first into the Dupree cellar hole which is about nine feet deep. if you want to...
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    Favorite place in the Pine Barrens

    just what is ice age "suffosion" I can only find one internet article where it is mentioned and the article is about Florida sinkholes which I hardly doubt have anything to do with the ice age.
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    Favorite place in the Pine Barrens

    I have found trenches in the woods in various locations around here with large trees growing in them,some are over ten feet deep.I assumed they were sandstone mines of old since there is sandstone chunks in them and around them.Would these be your silver mines? I have always assumed these are...
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    Old backpacker Article on the Barrens

    I get the magazine myself.I just don't have the time to get to most of those places.Uncle sam sent me half way around the world but I still haven't seen the western half of my own country.Momma won't fly and the drive time makes it impossible with what vacation i have unless i want the entire...
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    green head fly traps

    My uncle in Dividing creek had some traps at one point and then came summer and the flies took off with them somewhere.never found them again.
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    Insect nest?

    I Google translated it and Google has failed me in the past.I have a facebook Buddy who writes in Spanish and google regularly trashes his sentences.
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    Insect nest?

    Gibby is this what your signature file really means? In this country, it is good to occasionally kill an admiral to encourage the others.???
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    NY, New England Vacation Ideas?

    Ice Cave Mountain (on which Sam's Point rests) is interesting: glacial ice still melting deep inside that mountain feeds a stream of pure cold water; and, the dimensions of the Ice Cave itself will tell you those who sheltered there (and, yes: people did shelter there) were very small : perhaps...
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    Insect nest?

    our only three veoemous caterpillars that I know of are the Buck moth,saddleback caterpillar and Puss caterpillar,this is none of the three.It does appear to be a Hornworm.I'll have to break out my caterpillar book in a few
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    NY, New England Vacation Ideas?

    Ben If you ever want to see mountains and Pine Barrens at the same time Sams Point Preserve in the Shawangunks is "Barrens on the Rocks""! That along with Minnewaska State Park (They connect) is about as awesome as you can get.The Strata is a sparkling white Conglomerate (I believe Pocono) and...
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    NY, New England Vacation Ideas?

    I'm headed to new england in october.I will have to check the pine barrens out.
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    Land for bog turtles

    I'm sure Dragoncoj will be very interested in this.This is one reptile species in NJ I have yet to encounter.
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    Old backpacker Article on the Barrens

    they have every backpacker magazine on there from it's beginning in the 60's up till 2009 If you can't get to the home page from that link I can post the link to the index page. It amazes me how to backpack the Batona trail you are left with no option but to do it illegally or alternate been...
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    Old backpacker Article on the Barrens

    http://books.google.com/books?id=-98DAAAAMBAJ&printsec=frontcover&lr=&rview=1#v=onepage&q&f=false From April 78.The same problems still persist and the same infamous NJ over regulation and inconsiderate negligence toward backpackers.
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    Favorite place in the Pine Barrens

    I was shown by Bob one of his fast little streams and it is a gorgeous stream at that.Many streams up that way unfortunately it is quite the haul for me to make just for the day so I frequent Wharton much more because it is closer.I'd have to say in general the Tulpehocken/Friendship area would...
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    Yellow Jackets

    We hates Far Aints too! I hears they are coming north,if thats so I'll head norther!
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    Yellow Jackets

    I will not even go into my adventures with yellowjackets.I think i already have on here.We hates them,yes we do Precious.
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