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Another factor that comes into play is the color of the sediments lining the creek bottom, rather than that of the water. I've seen cases where long exposure to the processes that result in what we refer to as "cedar water" staining those sediments a darker color than the water itself. Even in...

Interesting article. The mention of pike being fished for in the lake caught my eye. Perhaps they were stocked? Or maybe just plain old misidentification. Wouldn't be the first time.

Dang it Bob! Ya got me all worked up for a flower. I guess they're nice too. I saw my first yellow lady's slippers ever two weeks ago along the Big Flatbrook. Unfortunately I didn't have a camera or cell phone on me, only a flyrod.

Several of those distinctions are comparing conservationists to preservationists, not to environmentalists. Nothing of substance that I see there anyway, mostly self-serving and inaccurate characterizations. A group will rarely be accurately defined by its detractors.

While I expect it from developers and others motivated by either greed or indifference to rape the environment, I cringe when anyone who pursues outdoor activities denigrates environmentalists. The term can be accurately applied to a broad range of people and organizations, and the PETA and...

While certainly not rock-solid evidence, the closest I've found is Arthur Pierce's description in his book, Iron in the Pines, where he cites former Wharton Estate caretaker Leeson Small describing the ruins as that of a combined barn and pit silo. He also describes in detail the location of the...

There's no doubt you will occasionally leave mouth parts in your skin when you pull them out with tweezers. But the "festering" you are talking about is not much different than the infection you get from a splinter left in too long. That's whole different ailment than Lyme Disease and I'll risk...

I wouldn't put any substance on an embedded tick to get it to release. It may work at getting the tick to back out, but the tick isn't your problem, it's what's in its stomach that could harm you. And anything that might cause it to regurgitate its stomach contents into your blood stream is a...

The measurement is referred to as "dbh" or "diameter at breast height". In the US 4 1/2 feet was usually the figure specified although a close metric measurement was used overseas.

You blame the government. I blame the government. But for the person who moved or opened a business there, who I was referring to, to blame the government? Nope, can't go that far. It's like complaining about the noisy aircraft taking off from the airport you just moved next to.

Things have been rockin' and rollin' in Waretown!

I do find it somewhat refreshing to see acknowledgment that the destruction of and development on former salt marshes was a bad idea. Creation of new marsh, if successful (a big "if"), will improve habitat in and around the estuary as well as help mitigate storm effects. The article also...

Thank you! Should prove to be a valuable resource for lots of folks.

Severe winter conditions have always taken a certain toll on quail and other wildlife, varying with severity. It's just another normally expected factor, like predation. Adequate habitat is the key foundation. With it, the other factors are buffered. Without it, populations decline or are more...

Reminds me of a statement I read many years ago regarding firearms of the 19th century. Something along the lines of the claim of the Winchester being the gun that won the West being BS. It was the Hawken, and similar arms carried by the trappers/mountain men, decades earlier.

My Bulgarian father had a similar proverb, but I seem to remember it involving insufficient alcohol rather than poor clothing. :)

I often walk the golf course near my house during the wee hours of the night during or after a snowstorm. Several times I've crossed a fresh trail of fox tracks and slow to a snail's pace as I follow it. I've spotted the culprit on several occasions and we end up starring each other down until...

Thanks for the information S-M. It seems like this was a case similar to Pasadena/Brooskbrae, with two closely-located sites being confused with each another (with a little help from Beck ;))

I like it. Reminds me of the early version of NJ Outdoors, before it became a tourist magazine, then vanished altogether. They listed all the hunting and fishing law violators.

OK, I had to resuscitate this thread one more time, since I'm still a bit hazy on the Walker mansion. The ruins at the southern terminus of Walker Forge Road (not the structure still standing on the opposite side of Rt. 50, currently being converted into a veterans museum) which have been...