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  1. GermanG

    More Exploring In Bass River

    This isn't as cut and dry as some would like it to be. I also often leave trails in my explorations, and my hunting certainly isn't done on hiking trails. But this is usually in parks and forests that have less concentrated use. In others, off-trail traffic can indeed have an effect. I can show...
  2. GermanG

    Webbs Mill Bog

    I don't think I'd say it's too late. I'm not all that concerned over the cedars. They aren't exactly in short supply, and dead trees have significant value in the environment too. It's the herbaceous species along the boardwalk that matter here. And the relatively small acreage of this specific...
  3. GermanG

    NJ bag ban causing more plastic use

    He was like so many of his generation, who experienced more adversity than any of us ever will, and threw little away, either repairing or repurposing them. But in the here and now, it is easier to get people to reuse a more durable bag that they shelled out money for, than a flimsy one...
  4. GermanG

    NJ bag ban causing more plastic use

    I'm curious how you arrived at that conclusion. One universal constant is that people dearly value their money, and the less they have, the more so. At supermarkets where you need to insert a quarter to release the shopping cart, you see very few loose carts in the lot. (I'll walk a hundred...
  5. GermanG

    NJ bag ban causing more plastic use

    I've also had zero failures with the reusable bags I've purchased since the law was enacted, and every one of them is still in my possession. I've found that the negative statements I've heard from people I know about the bags could have been predicted in advance, knowing their politics. To...
  6. GermanG

    The Armchair Explorers of Google Maps

    This one is my personal favorite: After I finished 10 minutes of laughing I posted a reply, explaining what mosquito ditches and impoundments were, and that these features were not present on aerials from the 30s, which anyone could look up. The reply was naturally deleted. Even more amazing...
  7. GermanG

    Forked River Mountain Hike

    There is a mountain of stone piled in the Wells Mills bus lot that is slowly making its way to the mountain area roads, primarily Jones Rd at this time.
  8. GermanG

    Forked River Mountain Hike

    While in my mind I was indeed confusing the two gates, the other which is obviously painted orange, in reality the white gate has far more orange rust on it than its faded original white paint. At least that's the excuse I'm going with. ;)
  9. GermanG

    Test Pits on the top of hills..?

    Another way of thinking about it is that sedimentary rocks usually don't form atop mountains! ;)
  10. GermanG

    Forked River Mountain Hike

    There is a sand road, blocked by an orange gate, on Lacey Rd heading south, between Carriage and Penhook Rds. If you park on the side of the road and hike past the gate it is about a 2 3/4 mile hike, one way, to the mountain. It's a fairly straight and uncomplicated route. Just be sure to have a...
  11. GermanG

    Ruins in south side of Allaire State Park

    There are a number of structures, small and large, at that site, starting with the 1953 aerials, on HistoricAerials.com. It has an agricultural look to me. They are still visible into the 90s.
  12. GermanG

    Brick ID

    Thank you Jerseyman. It's always comforting getting clarification from a source I implicitly trust!
  13. GermanG

    Brick ID

    I finally had opportunity today to visit the museum in Birch Grove Park, especialy interested in the history of the Somers Brick Company. In addition to bricks from the Somers factory, there were several bricks on display with the S&F BCo brand. I commented on the Sayre & Fisher bricks, being...
  14. GermanG

    Flashlight of Choice?

    I've been replacing the small AAA battery-powered LED lights I have in each of my vehicles and scattered around the house with rechargeable ones which use charging wires with a USB connector on one end and a phone-type connector on the other. I'm tired of throwing in the trash batteries that are...
  15. GermanG

    Disappearance and Murder in Hampton Park - 1907

    That's press talk, to sensationalize a story. He could have been shot only three time for all we know. They did it then, as they do now, with terms continually evolving. What used to be a traffic altercation is now road rage. What used to be murder is now gun violence. Sometimes it's to...
  16. GermanG

    Red Lion Dinner

    I'll take a sub from a mom & pop deli any day over WaWa. In fact I've been trying to patronize locally owned stores over big retail chains for all of my needs, when possible. Our towns are becoming more generic every year, losing their individual character, with the same store signs popping up...
  17. GermanG

    What are these features?

    I was referring to the site at Washington. No idea on the other ones. All the past and present blueberry fields I've seen on aerials appear as lines rather than grids however.
  18. GermanG

    What are these features?

    I'd suggest blueberry as well, but they were traditionally grown in wetter soils, especially before modern advances in irrigation. Given the existence of the pit silo ruins nearby, I'd me more likley to go with an old cornfield.
  19. GermanG

    Fire Ecology in the Pines

    A break such as this is not intended to stop a fire by all by itself. Fighting an oncoming fire using backfires, water or retardant drops, etc. is always more effective along a fire break or road than at some random spot in the unbroken forest. And the wider the break, the greater chance of...
  20. GermanG

    Save the Pole Bridge Forest

    My understanding of the initial move to protect the Pine Barrens is that much of the resistance came from within, to preserve ratables and home rule, while more of the support for the CMP came from individuals and organizations outside the pines. While that may be painting with a bit of broad...
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