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From More Forgotten Towns of South Jersey, Chapter 30 (Nothin' in Nothin' in Rockwood) The Fords knew little of the history of Rockwood. They never bothered to find out. What they told us, they assumed after surveying a marker bearing the name of C. G. Rockwood, the original owner, with...

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Since it is slow. I was passing through Atco today on Route 30 and there was a house on fire just as I was passing. Flames were coming out the windows and up 10 feet over the house. I started to stop to get photo's and just then a cop pulled up and stopped me from stopping on the pike, so I...

All, Since the colder weather is here, I have resumed my searching for markers since this is the best time to do that. Earlier this year I received information from a member of this site on the location of quite a few of them right near each other, so Jessica and I headed out early this...

This is about the NY Pine Barrens, but it could easily be about ours. Notice you can vote on the right side with your opinion. http://www.newsday.com/news/local/longisland/ny-lipine1109,0,2173215.story?coll=ny-topstories-headlines Guy

Today was the Parker Preserve hike by the Pine Barren Explorers(PBX) founded by our own BobM. We met at the Chatsworth Fire House at 10AM and placed a vehicle at the end of our route 2 miles south of Chatsworth where the West Branch of the Wading River meets 563. We then returned to the fire...

Batsto's 'jewel' opens doors again after 22-month closure By*PAUL LEAKAN Burlington County Times http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/112-11012004-393182.html WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP - The "crown jewel" of historic Batsto Village reopened for weekend tours earlier this month after being...

Agreement proposed in snake habitat The deal could restart work at the Sanctuary development, where endangered snakes cut off completion of a key road. By Rusty Pray Inquirer Staff Writer http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/local/10075394.htm Environmentalists are angry...

Bird-killer gets jail time for drunken driving http://www.app.com/app/story/0,21625,1095989,00.html Published in the Asbury Park Press 10/30/04 By KATHLEEN HOPKINS TOMS RIVER BUREAU TOMS RIVER -- Spared a prison term in April for killing exotic birds at a Lacey zoo for abused and...

http://www.local6.com/food/3846431/detail.html Pine-Flavored Gum Helps Deer Hunters Hide POSTED: 9:35 am EDT October 25, 2004 ANTIGO, Wis. -- Do you have smelly human breath? It's no joke to deer hunters. Wearing camouflage is often not enough because human smells can chase away deer...

All, Today was the first fall hike of the year for the Pine Barren Explorers(PBX), founded by Bob Moyer(BobM). Since I had not planned a hike for the club, I decided to explore the area near Rockwood off of 206 and named the hike "Rockwood Rocks!". We met on 206 at Rockwood road about 3 miles...

Did anyone go to the fair on Sunday? It was the first time I had been at the fair, and it actually was pretty nice. I did pull a stunt there that proves that my mind is going. We were parking in the field near the new visitors center, and the people in the cars on both sides of us were...

Bears not invited to cranberry fest By*PAUL LEAKAN Burlington County Times http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/112-10142004-382603.html WOODLAND - Organizers of the town's annual Cranberry Festival have a new challenge this year: keeping increasingly inquisitive black bears from...

New Jersey Nixes Planned Bear Hunt http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/news/story.jsp?flok=FF-APO-1110&idq=/ff/story/0001%2F20041011%2F1945693047.htm&sc=1110&flok=NW_5-L1 TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - The state's environmental commissioner has rejected nearly 3,000 applications for bear...

All, I have some extra vacation days at work, so a man I work with and I headed out at 7AM this morning to do some woods exploring. By a little after 8 we were trudging through some of the thickest cedar swamps I have experienced. In the midst of one of them we came upon a perfect place to...

All, Early this morning Jessica and I headed out to check on a few things that I wanted to do, and our first stop was a cranberry bog near Atsion. We flushed up quite a few ducks before reaching our destination, and with the fog it was really nice in the pines...

Bob notified me that the DEP was going to honor the late Richard Renfree at the Plastic Bridge. He was the developer and constructor of the bridge. I thought it was next Thursday and set it up with work to take a half day and be there, but I just realized it was today. Did anyone go or know...

Not directly related to the pines, but still interesting. Guy Leech found in Salem County may be scientific breakthrough Monday, October 4, 2004 By KIM MULFORD Courier-Post Staff ALLOWAY Bill Ott thought he found a little black snake. He had no idea the creature...

Posted on Sat, Oct. 02, 2004 http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/9814909.htm Inside Out | A naturalist celebrates the paradise of the Pinelands By Art Carey Inquirer Columnist The river that is Howard Boyd - scientist, naturalist, lover of the Pine Barrens - has been flowing...

Pine Barrens preserve honors conservationist Saturday, September 25, 2004 Controversial land purchased from cranberry baron By LAWRENCE R. HAJNA Courier-Post Columnist The New Jersey Conservation Foundation on Friday formally dedicated the Franklin Parker Preserve. The 9,400-acre...