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I stopped by, briefly, at the pinelands discovery festival at Whites bog on Sunday. The author of the book "Whispers in the Pines: the secrets of Colliers Mills", was there. I picked up a copy of her book which she signed. Her name is Karen F. Riley. I recall there was some disscussion of this...

With this drought being so long I checked on one of my fishing holes in a little known creek near the sleeper branch. The water was so depleted that all that was left was a 8" deep puddle at the deepest point and maybe 18' by 12' in legth and width. The fish would thrash about as you approached...

Has anyone ever been to the unexpected beaver refuge in Buena Vista?

I've been a fishing maniac these past two weeks. I went out early this morning and saw a very girthy 4.5' long pine snake crossing the red road in Penn SF. Very healthy. When I got to the lake I was fishing, I went to load in my kayak and saw a pine snake just floating on the surface of the...

Great day today! I finished work early and brought my kayak down to the Mullica and went in at the bridge on 542, just north of Crowleys landing. I kayaked up to the forks and then some distance up the basto from there. When I reached the mouth (or tail I suppose) of The Basto things got...

Have you all seen Guys' pic of the red toad under the LOST AND FORGOTTEN topic. Looks like a spadefoot toad, too small and eyes too big to be an american toad I think. I've never seen one that red before. Jeff

Caught a black rat snake near my house. They are so confrontational. I used to catch them when I was kid all the time. I did the ol' distract them with your left hand and catch em with your right had trick with him. My reflexes are still good! The tail catch method never works with these guys...

Has anybody seen the development going in at Whiting by the 539/70 junction. My God!

Yesterday morning I went for a motorcycle ride before work. I rode out to greenwood WMA where there is an old abandoned bog as the headwaters to Webbs Mill. Anyway, I was walking down to the water via a deer path when I noticed what seemed to be large house flies all over the ground. On closer...

Makepeace Lake, snappers, and a strange animal On Saturday my wife and I took a trip to Makepeace lake. On the way we took a drive down and around Indian cabin road. We had some very interesting sightings: Heading down Indian Cabin road we came across a dead pine snake that had been run...

I found myself near Makepeace lake the other day and it occured to me that I have done very little exploring south of the AC expressway. I thought I would do a little poking around in this region and I was wondering if anyone had any thoughts/suggestions on areas of pinelands interest in the...

I went fishing this morning in a remote abandoned bog I've been meaning to try out. No luck at all with fish but as I was working the far shore with waders on I was walking though submerged sphagnum moss and downed cedars when I saw what first appeared to be an inverted washtub about 4" below...

I am trying to find a painting of the Basto mansion. If anyone on the forum knows of one for sale, or can point me to an artist or link to a web site that could help out I would really appreciate it. Thanks, Jeff

With all this discussion on the Jersey Devil I propose a Jersey Devil Hunt! And I know exactly where he is! No, No, I'm not suggesting we go into the woods looking for him, I can make it a little easier. There is an atlas that I suspect a good number of you have. It is called the New Jersey...

Last Sunday my wife and I explored around Hermann city. We tried to get down there before in the summer but the place was totally over run with ticks. Sunday had turned out to be the perfect day. No ticks (to speak of) and no snow. What a great trip. saw all the ruins including the one a...

Kind of spur of the moment, I decided to take a hike into the great swamp today. I put on the hip waders and off I went. I should have worn chest waders, the water levels were very high. I went into the savanahs by way of the old cranberry bog down rockwood road, from 206. In hind sight I should...

I don't hunt myself but my brother in law, who lives up north, hunts in the pine barrens every year. Over Christmas I saw him and he was telling me about his trip this year. Of particular interest; he told me a nearby hunting club killed a wolf and had had it hanging with the deer in front of...

Ever see a piebald deer (a mixture of white and typical brown fur)? I know where there is a whole herd of them. Actually, I havn't seen that herd in about a year now but I used to see them all the time. They are quite something to see. The first one I saw was a buck and it really caught me off...

Hi, I'm new to the forum and happy to be here. On 11-7-04 at around midnight I noticed a very red glow that appeared to be hovering over the mt. Misery woods on the North side of rt. 70. I've seen the a faint red glow over the trees at night before and believed it to be pine barrens...