JD, as to each of your comments, I dare to reply thusly:
JD said: I don't like a lot of things including what happenes in the Pines, but I can't stop it especially when Pinelands approves. Personally I don't like all the access roads that have been upgraded from the original stagecoach roads. I don't like the maintained trucked in yellow gravel roads, rye fields and strips in Greenwood and other areas. I don't like that abortion of a road behind Bamber, Webs Mill rd between Lacey rd and rt 539 nor all the bulldozed widened roads in the Lacey tract along Forked River Mtn, Jones rd, etc. I have no choice but to accept it.
Good. Some things we do agree upon. It may shock some readers on this forum that I support paving Webb's Mill road, from Bamber all the way to 539. It would keep the riff-raff out there down to a minimum, and the road would not be so trashed and ugly. As far as the rye strips, I've grown to like them. It gives variety and distinction to our pines. But, stop now, don't create any more.
JD said: What bothers me though is neither have BOTH of you. Maybe the FFS wanted it , maybe it's an expansion request by the park, nobody knows because nobody asked. It also had to be approved by Pinelands. If your afraid to ask the FFS, then ask Pinelands what the hell is going on.
Sir, you oppugn my manhood. Afraid? me? No, just kind of lazy. Anyway, to satisfy the question, I road out to Double Trouble today to pose the question, but no staff were around. I then called the main office for Double Trouble (now at Lebanon) and did pose the question: "why did you feel it necessary to make that road?". The nice lady took a brave shot at the answer: "((I think)because there are pine beetles out there, and the road will allow us to take the trees out". Now, she was a nice lady, but I don't totally buy that answer. In fact, I think that even if true, they should just let nature takes it's course with pine beetles. It will be very interesting to see what succeeds the pines if they all die off from pine beetles. I seriously mean what I'm saying here JD. I don't see nature taking its course as a big threat. Hell, I've even given up on controlling beaver.