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I was out on Lake Shenadoah a few weeks ago. It's about the last waterway in the county I would choose to paddle, but I was addling goose eggs for work. I don't think I've seen more garbage anywhere in NJ than I saw on that lakeshore. I guess the thing to do is to organize a cleanup, but it...

Yes, very nice shot Bob! Did you by chance take that while out with Mickey and John B. this weekend? I know they were going out to a site where Swamp Pink can be found.

I've been out there a few times, but each visit was part of an organized trip for which special permission was granted by the feds. That part of the refuge is not open to the public. In any case, there used to be a more worn path through the brush from the sandy beach to the upland. Now the...

If you are somewhat new to plant ID, you should pick up a copy of Howard Boyd's Wildflowers of the Pine Barrens of New Jersey. I'm normally not a fan of field guides with photographs rather than drawings, but the way the plants are arranged in order of the dates they bloom makes this book really...

I've learned to be a skeptic myself when it comes to sightings and identifications of animals by the general public, but anything's possible. You never know what exotic pet someone may be keeping, and then gets loose or is released. Don't forget the tiger in Jackson a few years back! But I'm...

I've used permethrin for years and am aware of how effective it is. Before my current job, about 18 years ago (I can't believe it's been that long!) I worked for an environmental consultant, delineating wetlands and doing endangered species searches. There was no staying on safe, wide trails...

I guess there's a primal instinct deep inside us that fears animals over other threats but in reality you have more to fear from other people than from any critter you might encounter out there (including other drivers on the way to your destination). I do agree about the ticks though. I was...

The remains of the turntable at Lakeurst may be covered, but there's other neat stuff to see there. A brick-lined well that I assume fed the water tower still exists just inside the tree line, between the mainline and the Barnegat Branch. If you walk south on the mainline and cross the trestle...

I was out in my kayak on a few local rivers yesterday and the levels seem to be quickly dropping back to normal. I assume the pine barrens rivers bounce back faster because the less-developed watersheds release water into the rivers more gradually than the asphalt jungles to the north of us do...

I haven't spent enough time on this forum to get a read on everyone's views on firearms and hunting yet, but I'm glad to see so many who see this as a deterioration of the region's character, rather than a firearm issue. I'm a hunter myself, but I respect the views of those who aren't (except...

Whatever the laws are regarding roads such as this, they seem to be interpreted on a case by case basis. Years ago someone asked me how we could put a gate across the Wells Mills Road when it is a long-standing public road ( this is the sand road that crosses Oyster Creek below the millpond and...

This tactic comes up frequently in my marriage, mostly after something new shows up at the house.

I've paddled the Batsto and Mullica many times myself. One trip I like to do if I want to only take one vehicle and not retrace any of my route is to start at the Batsto millpond put-in, portage around the sawmill, then go downstream to the Forks. I then paddle upstream on the Mullica, which is...

I can vouch for the pollen induced fire calls. We did a prescribed burn here at Wells Mills on Wednesday. While we were standing around the trucks with the state guys waiting for the last few staff to show up we were getting a kick out of listening to all the chatter on the state radios...

Sandals?????? Half the ones that make to our side of Wells Mills Rd don't even have shoes!

Is it possible you were seeing Toms Brown's camp? It is located in that area. He and his staff teach classes there.

I've wondered about the caves I've read of in the pines as well, given the fact that local geology and soils doesn't exactly lend itself to cave formation or digging. I've read several accounts of the pines robbers or "refugees" hiding out in caves during the American Revolution. Also, the...

I've found another dirt oval in the woods in Little Egg Harbor which I'm trying to learn more about. A few locals ahve told me that it was a racetrack, but coyuldn't say much more. It is located just behind the Mitchell School on Rt. 539, and can be seen from Google earth. The powerline ROW runs...

From The Trail of the Blue Comet: Mile 87.1 PINE CREST: established 1862 as HARRIS STATION; renamed September 30,1923; station built 1894: freight house built 1884: razed by 1916; discountinued 1938. (for reference points, Chatsworth was mile 84.3 and Carranza was mile 89.7) As for the...

Many stations were merely flagstop stations, with little more than a crude shelter to protect waiting passengers, and not scheduled stops for the trains. I haven't had my copy of The Trail of the Blue Comet out for a while, but it lists all the stations on the CNJ's southern division. I can't...