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This morning the PPA released a new call to arms, looking to get people to sign their petition to support the Wharton MAP. And yet again we're greeted with a deluge of hyperbole and disinformation. I have yet to see one person claim that Wharton should be a motor sports park. The vast majority...

http://www.nypl.org/blog/2014/03/28/open-access-maps There's 100 maps of NJ, and while they're probably not very useful for Pine Barrens-type research, they're nonetheless fun to look at. Edit: Aaaaaand I just noticed that this was announced in 2014. So maybe not so much breaking news.

Hi, Wharton State Forest is the "jewel" of the Pine Barrens and offers a large variety of recreational outlets. Most of those outlets will now be cut off - historic sites important to the early colonial period of New Jersey will be cut off, hunters will no longer be able to reach the majority...

http://www.nj.com/south/index.ssf/2015/05/why_njs_streams_are_shrinking_and_what_you_can_do.html#incart_river

Go out and give a tree a hug.

http://www.njphs.org Their Facebook page has posts that go back to 2012 so they're not new - I hadn't heard of them until the PPA linked to them from their Facebook page.

Seems to be some form of canoe/kayak livery that also hosts other random activities (like hikes, bird watching, bike tours, etc.) It's located by Atsion Lake. http://pinelandsadventures.org Thoughts? To me it seems odd that the PPA would be getting into some sort of commercial venture like this.

I made a dumb decision and decided to try to buy some hiking shoes fit untried on eBay. My usual size (11.5) is way too tight in these shoes. (I probably would wear a 12 or 12.5 in these.) This is the auction...

Kind of old news, but relevant to discussions we've had here regarding graffiti and defacement of historic sites and natural features. http://www.modernhiker.com/2014/10/21/instagram-artist-defaces-national-parks/ and an update...

I have to take a ride down to Batsto this morning. How much snow did the Pines get?

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/20/us-usa-new-jersey-shooting-idUSKCN0J41U620141120 http://www.nj.com/south/index.ssf/2014/11/multiple_people_shot_at_tabernacle_home_reports_say.html#incart_m-rpt-1 Shooting: 2 children dead, 1 adult and 1 other child wounded.

A big thanks to all who have served to keep America free.

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... and it wasn't by staying in Asbury Park. So anyway, I haven't been out in the woods in forever. I decided to take a ride out to Friendship and Atsion. I've taken up medium format film photography and wanted to take some shots of the Atsion mansion and some of the ruins at Friendship. I...

Hey all - So you may have heard, an unfortunate circumstance arose from a post in this section of the discussion forum recently. I need people to be extra vigilant about the copyright status of things they post here (and elsewhere on the site.) If you run across a news article or something...

Hello - There's currently an issue with some emails generated by the website/forums not being sent. I am aware and working on it.

I want to make a new set of images to use in the random banner that appears at the top of the site since the old images are too small. In the past it's mostly been made up of images that Guy and myself have taken. I'm accepting submissions from everyone else if they have a favorite photo or two...

I've just updated the forums to the latest version and did a redesign. Please post in here with any issues you see.

I hope everyone has a happy, wonderful, and safe Fourth of July!

Big thanks to whoever is buying stuff from Amazon through this site using my affiliate code. I got a nice little gift card from Amazon last night. I don't know who it is, or even if they're members on the forum, but I can buy some new film for my camera or something now.