The one at this link is quite good (left hand side of opening page). Not extremely fine detailed, but very comprehensive.
http://www.nj.gov/dep/ga50/
http://www.nj.gov/dep/ga50/
NJ Open Space Map
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That's a nice presentation - I like the index with grid references. Made me remember that I kind of miss the old fashioned paper maps I used to collect.
The data used in that map is part of the openspace map I made awhile ago. It is pretty high resolution (at least 24k) and will open in Google Earth. Guy put it online here: http://teegate.njpinebarrens.com/NJ-openspace.KMZ.zip
See this thread: http://forums.njpinebarrens.com/recreation/8150-nj-wma-maps.html
The data used in that map is part of the openspace map I made awhile ago. It is pretty high resolution (at least 24k) and will open in Google Earth. Guy put it online here: http://teegate.njpinebarrens.com/NJ-openspace.KMZ.zip
See this thread: http://forums.njpinebarrens.com/recreation/8150-nj-wma-maps.html
But of course. Every map has flaws.
I just wish I had 9 lives to visit the non-flawed portion alone.
Why Were These Woodcuts Made?
Thanks Bob,
Its encouraging to see conservation efforts celebrated in a period of environmental skepticism, a time when “economic growth” often trumps Pinelands preservation efforts. The appearance of the Great Egg Harbor River WMA is of personal significance (Figure below).
This location was one of the first tests of the Pinelands Commission’s power during the early 80s. A trash incinerator was slated to be built by Atlantic County on the site. Buena Vista residents banded together as “Pinelands People Against the Dump.” Fortunately we succeeded in saving this environmentally sensitive parcel from destruction. Does anyone wish to hazard a guess as to the intended use for the bulldozed patches marked in the link below?
http://maps.njpinebarrens.com/#lat=39.5271163617853&lng=-74.853994846344&z=16&type=topo&gpx=
Mark
Thanks Bob,
Its encouraging to see conservation efforts celebrated in a period of environmental skepticism, a time when “economic growth” often trumps Pinelands preservation efforts. The appearance of the Great Egg Harbor River WMA is of personal significance (Figure below).
http://maps.njpinebarrens.com/#lat=39.5271163617853&lng=-74.853994846344&z=16&type=topo&gpx=
Mark
If you zoom in using the "Map" button at the top, you can see the tax parcels which are extensive. I am sure at one time a major development was planned there.
http://maps.njpinebarrens.com/#lat=39.53292545164731&lng=-74.86032485961914&z=16&type=m&gpx=
Guy
http://maps.njpinebarrens.com/#lat=39.53292545164731&lng=-74.86032485961914&z=16&type=m&gpx=
Guy
Anyone else - besides Jerseyman
Yes, there have been a number of development schemes planned here starting with Charles K. Landis in 1854 (Weymouth Farm and Agricultural Company), which was followed by the Merton Tract of 1880. Good guess. But that isn't why the rectilinear tessellations were bulldozed during the 1960s. Oddly, their construct served an even more foul purpose.
Mark
Yes, there have been a number of development schemes planned here starting with Charles K. Landis in 1854 (Weymouth Farm and Agricultural Company), which was followed by the Merton Tract of 1880. Good guess. But that isn't why the rectilinear tessellations were bulldozed during the 1960s. Oddly, their construct served an even more foul purpose.
Mark
Mark, does it have anything to do with destroying the sand dune field thereabouts so that they simply no longer exist?
Anyone Else?
I guess in a way you can say they can and doo.
No, but they have Pleistocene dunes in the Konya Plain...
I guess in a way you can say they can and doo.
No, but they have Pleistocene dunes in the Konya Plain...
My intuition says whoever did it is both planning and preventing. Planning to do something with the land, and preventing the law from stopping them.
Well?
An inevitable consequence.
Nobody stopped them. In fact, many Richland residents gave thanks to see this prepared, as you do yearly.
An inevitable consequence.
Nobody stopped them. In fact, many Richland residents gave thanks to see this prepared, as you do yearly.
Another clue please Mark, or at least be more descriptive as to what I like seeing prepared yearly.
Another Bygone Trade of the Pinelands
Gabe,
Good show! Dentist? In this case the filling was not amalgam but stuffing. These were turkey ranges. Our poultry operation, Richland Grain Company, raised free-range turkey. Vegetable and fruit farming was marginal here due to poor soil conditions, a bit ironic considering the village’s namesake. However, the sandy gravelly terrain was perfect for poultry production. Wide-open free-draining ground meant diseases like Blackleg, Turkey Rhinotracheitis, and Newcastle Disease could be kept at bay.
We experimented with extending field-based free range into cheaper open woods on land considered too marginal for conventional farming. These properties were so undervalued that I remember locals using acres as card-game chips. We bulldozed swaths through the woods, then fenced them in. Feeding stations were established, being replenished with dedicated bulk trucks. Irrigation wells provided automated watering. Mast like acorns supplemented turkey diet. When poults grew to a desired market weight, we’d have loading crews do roundup drives. Turkeys were crated, loaded on tractor-trailers, and shipped to processing plants.
Better vaccination techniques were just being perfected, allowing the trade to go into intensive confinement. Once again the South Jersey industry went boom-bust. We were put out of business in 1973 by rising grain prices, high energy costs, and competition from factory farms on the Delmarva. Those were lean times near the end.
Gabe,
Good show! Dentist? In this case the filling was not amalgam but stuffing. These were turkey ranges. Our poultry operation, Richland Grain Company, raised free-range turkey. Vegetable and fruit farming was marginal here due to poor soil conditions, a bit ironic considering the village’s namesake. However, the sandy gravelly terrain was perfect for poultry production. Wide-open free-draining ground meant diseases like Blackleg, Turkey Rhinotracheitis, and Newcastle Disease could be kept at bay.
We experimented with extending field-based free range into cheaper open woods on land considered too marginal for conventional farming. These properties were so undervalued that I remember locals using acres as card-game chips. We bulldozed swaths through the woods, then fenced them in. Feeding stations were established, being replenished with dedicated bulk trucks. Irrigation wells provided automated watering. Mast like acorns supplemented turkey diet. When poults grew to a desired market weight, we’d have loading crews do roundup drives. Turkeys were crated, loaded on tractor-trailers, and shipped to processing plants.
Better vaccination techniques were just being perfected, allowing the trade to go into intensive confinement. Once again the South Jersey industry went boom-bust. We were put out of business in 1973 by rising grain prices, high energy costs, and competition from factory farms on the Delmarva. Those were lean times near the end.