Note the top arrow delineates a tributary (not named) to that Sleeper Creek system.
SE of Atsion
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There's a conduit that channels water under 206, not much more than 30 yards south of Cherry Hill Rd.
FWIW, here is the site information. Full info on the priority sites can be found in the prisites.rtf file inside the .zip file here:
http://www.state.nj.us/dep/gis/digidownload/zips/statewide/prisites.zip
You can see the burned area on the 1980's aerials
https://boydsmaps.com/#14.00/39.719146/-74.712620/njgin1980/0.00/0.00
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Natural Heritage Priority Site
Atsion Burn
Locational Information
Quad Name: Atsion
County: Burlington ; Atlantic
Municipality: Washington Twp ; Shamong Twp ; Hammonton Town
Description of Site
The site is a 2000 acre patch of pitch pine lowland that burned in a 1984 fire. In many areas the hot fire burned woody vegetation and the organic layer of the soil leaving bare sand exposed. Many rare grasses, sedges, and herbs have covered large portions of the burned area. Rare insects that depend on rare plants as food sources have also flourished. Shrubs and pitch pine seedlings are reestablishing in parts of the burned area, but coverage is patchy.
Boundary Justification
Primary boundaries include the entire pitch pine lowland community which burned in a 1984 fire. Bounds follow existing sand roads which largely depict the extent of the community. Rt 206 forms the northwestern boundary, separating the community from another unburned patch on the other side of the road.
Biodiversity Rank B2
The site contains the largest pitch pine lowland in the world and 4 globally imperiled insect and globally imperiled State Endangered plant species; two of which are excellent populations. Additionally, 5 globally rare plant and insect species are present; three of which have excellent populations. Numerous other state rare species are present.
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This part surprised me: "The site contains the largest pitch pine lowland in the world"
It's even more confusing... Sleeper Branch used to be called Mechesactauxin Branch. No wonder they changed the name.
https://boydsmaps.com/sync/#14/39.701440/-74.719529/pines1949/0/0/cook/14/0/0
I refuse to call it by any other name than MysheepcaughtoxenIt's even more confusing... Sleeper Branch used to be called Mechesactauxin Branch. No wonder they changed the name.
https://boydsmaps.com/sync/#14/39.701440/-74.719529/pines1949/0/0/cook/14/0/0
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Canoe/Camp trip on the Atsyunk
All, This past weekend, Yvonne and I paddled the Mullica from Atsion to Sweetwater, camping over night on a bluff overlooking the river. Water levels were high, the weather was pleasant, and the river was quiet. We got on the water just before noon and it wasn't ten minutes before we...
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I still hold to this hypothesis.
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