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Saturday, September 13, 2008

Trees in Delaware River floodplain near Frenchtown NJ

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I wrote a few days about my walk along the Delaware River south of Frenchtown NJ along the Delaware and Raritan Canal Towpath. Now I am not ...
Tuesday, September 09, 2008

Walking along the Delaware River

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We are frequent visitors to the Delaware River in Hunterdon County, NJ. Usually someowhere between Frenchtown and Washington's Crossing....
Saturday, September 06, 2008

Ballons

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I'm taking a short break from my writings on the Pine Barrens, in part because I need to finish up another writing project. So, I though...
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Wednesday, September 03, 2008

Brendan T. Byrne State Forest

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In recent years almost every day trip we have made to the Pine Barrens involves a visit to the Brendan T. Byrne State Forest (formerly Leba...
Tuesday, September 02, 2008

fort dix fire contained

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The small fire in a remote section of Fort Dix that was burning last Thursday while we were in the Pine Barrens was contained either last Th...
Sunday, August 31, 2008

Interesting

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I had a dream about fires last night. I was either a fire fighter or an observer, there was no actual fire only the expectation of a fire. I...
Saturday, August 30, 2008

Our visit to Penn State Forest

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We did make it to Penn State Forest this past Thursday afternoon. We walked about three-quarters of a mile (or 1.5 miles round trip) up ...
Friday, August 29, 2008

My trip to the Pine Barrens

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We had a great day in the Pine Barrens yesterday. I got many pictures that I have to go through before I post my first batch. I hope to have...
Thursday, August 28, 2008

Dwarf Pitch Pines

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I have already mentioned that what makes the pine plains unique are the dwarf pitch pines ( pinus rigida Mill. ) that stand about five feet ...
Wednesday, August 27, 2008

To the Pine Barrens

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Tommorrow I am making a day trip to the NJ Pine Barrens. I hope to get to Penn State Forest so I can post some pictures for you. I don't...
Monday, August 25, 2008

Penn State Forest

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Our first trip to Penn State Forest , not far from Chatsworth NJ was to follow a hike we had read about in our Fifty Hikes in NJ book (by...
Sunday, August 24, 2008

Side bar: LA Times Big Burn Series

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A while back I posted a link to a five-part series, Big Burn on different aspects of wildfires. I admit that it took me about three weeks t...
Friday, August 22, 2008

stay tuned

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Sorry for the tease. We are leaving in about five minutes to go back to the Hunterdon County Fair to watch pig races at 4 PM and then a 4H d...
Thursday, August 21, 2008

time out: more on tractor pulls

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For those of you who have not seen a tractor pull before, I have a short video plus three still pictures that I took at last night's t...
Wednesday, August 20, 2008

time out: tractor pulls at County Ag Fair

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Today is the first day of our local 4H Agriculture Fair. This morning we went to see the farm tractor pull. The concept is simple, tractors ...
Tuesday, August 19, 2008

chiggers and gypsy moths

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One of my favorite sites in the uplands of the Pine Barrens are the young oaks. The young oaks have these really huge leaves. I mean really...
Friday, August 15, 2008

sand roads in the NJ Pine Barrens

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Before I begin, I want to spend a very brief time on terminology. I have always used the term “NJ Pine Barrens” or the “Pine Barrens” when w...
Wednesday, August 13, 2008

I will get back to the Everglades

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I have not forgotten about the Everglades, and I do intend to write more about the "Glades. I promise. In the meantime, I want to turn ...

New Jersey Pine Barrens

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I first spent time in the New Jersey Pine Barrens over twenty years ago. For a period of about ten years, we used to spend a few days each s...
Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Conserving the Everglades

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Wow. Speaking of conserving the Everglades, yes there is plan to the restore the Everglades, known as the Comprehensive Everglades Restorati...