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Plants of Southern New Jersey: A Work in Progress
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| "For in the end we will conserve only what we love. We will love only what we understand. We will understand only what we are taught." - B. Dioum |
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NJ Pine barrens & Down Jersey: Exploring the history, culture, & ecology of South Jersey
Pine barrens tree frog photo courtesy US Fish & Wildlife Public Domain images
Pull up a chair, grab a cup of tea (or perhaps a sip of Jersey Lightnin' Applejack!) and enjoy your stay. The New Jersey Pine Barrens, or Pinelands, is the largest contiguous wilderness area on the eastern seaboard from New England to Virginia. The Pine Barrens include portions of seven counties: Ocean County, Burlington County, Gloucester County, Atlantic County, Cumberland County, Cape May County, and Camden County. These Pine "Barrens" offer a fascinating array of plants, animals, history and culture. It abounds with long forgotten towns, railroads and industries; exquisite orchids and wildflowers; and rare and fascinating animals like the pine barrens tree frog and the timber rattlesnake. Join us as we explore the wonderful New Jersey Pinelands!
More on the Pine Barrens of New Jersey.
Down Jersey is the area of southern New Jersey that refers to life
along the Delaware Bay Shore of New Jersey, and encompasses portions of Cape May, Cumberland, and Salem Counties. This area has natural, maritime, agricultural, cultural histories that give it a flavor of its own. Down Jersey retains its quaint charm because of the cultural connection to the land and water. For generations the connection has been shown in many forms: crabbers, fishermen, boat builders, oystermen, decoy carvers, and baymen. They have passed on their skills and ways of life to their children.
Scene from the Maurice River; an oil painting inspired by the Down Jersey curriculum produced by Citizens United to Protect the Maurice River and its Tributaries.
Be sure to visit our documents page for over 200 historical articles.
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NJ Pine barrens & Down Jersey historical e-books
Older books on New Jersey are difficult and expensive to procure.
NJ Pines & Down Jersey is endeavouring to transcribe a number of these older, difficult to find out-of-print historical books relating to the history of New Jersey.
All books were published pre-1924.
Selection currently includes:
Absegami: Annals of Eyren Haven and Atlantic City by Alfred Heston.
1872 Beers State Atlas.
Civil and Political History of New Jersey: Embracing a Compendious History of the State from its Early Discovery and Settlement by Europeans, brought down to the Present Time. by Isaac S. Mulford. 1851.
A Gazateer of the State of New Jersey by Thomas Gordon. 1834.
The History of New Jersey from its Discovery by Europeans to the Adoption of the Federal Constitution.by Thomas Gordon. 1834.
A History of New Jersey from its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time.Edited by W.H. Carpenter and T.S. Arthur. 1856.
The Life Areas of Southern New Jersey by Witmer Stone. 1908.
The Life of John Brainerd, the Brother of David Brainerd, and His Successor as Missionaries to the Indians of New Jersey. by Thomas Brainerd. Published 1865.
The Quaker Colonies: a chronicle of the proprietors of the Delaware Sydney Fisher. 1919.
The Swedes and the Dutch in New Jersey and Delaware. 1627. Israel Acrilius.
Report on the Geology and Agricultural Resources of the Southern Division of the State. by George Hammell Cook, State Geologist. 1857.
More to come!!
Visit our historical ebooks page.
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Updated on 2008-03-31 08:28:26 by njpinela
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Posted by: njpinela on 03/06/2005 07:15 PM
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June 2007
Hermann City Pamphlet from 1869 advertising the founding of Hermann has been scanned and is available courtesy of Drew Techner.
New Jersey Flora and Hollis Koster, written and submitted by Drew Techner. Koster was a self-taught botanist who contributed much to our knowledge of NJ pine barrens flora.
Slapped by a Beaver! An adventure to remember. Written and submitted by Tom Niegel. |
Published first issue of free quarterly e-zine |
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| Newsflash |
NJ Pinelands Commission Newsflash
Southern Pinelands Natural Heritage Trail
The Pinelands Commission has been working with 16 municipalities and five counties to develop a state and federally designated scenic byway through the southern portion of the Pine Barrens.
Recently designated as a State Scenic Byway by the New Jersey Department of Transportation, the Southern Pinelands Natural Heritage Trail meanders through areas of striking natural beauty and rich historic heritage. With a focus on maritime portions of the Pinelands, the route takes particular advantage of the scenic qualities and historic hamlets of the Mullica, Maurice and Tuckahoe River Corridors.
The impetus for the byway designation was the Pinelands Rural Economic Development Program, which examined economic conditions in several Pinelands towns and recommended measures to stimulate environmentally suitable economic growth through various planning initiatives, incentives, public improvements, and redevelopment. One suggestion was for a New Jersey and National Scenic Byway that would bring widespread awareness of, and interest in, the natural assets of the Pinelands.
The Commission set up an organizing committee of municipal representatives to oversee the nomination process. An inventory of the many natural and cultural attractions along the byway was also prepared and all 16 municipalities and five counties through which the byway passes adopted resolutions supporting its designation. On behalf of the organizing committee, Commission staff prepared a nomination document that was formally proposed to and accepted by the State Byway Committee in early 2005.
The Southern Pinelands Natural Heritage Trail was designated as an official New Jersey State Scenic Byway in August 2005. Now that the byway has received state recognition, the nomination will be forwarded to the U.S. Secretary of Transportation for federal designation. Listing as a byway enables the sponsors to apply for program-affiliated grants and provides access to a variety of promotional and marketing opportunities, including development of visitor centers, wayside exhibits, and self-guided tours. The byway will also be featured in the U.S. Department of the Interior's byway website and in other state and national tourism materials and maps and will feature highway signage supplied by the New Jersey Department of Transportation.
For more information, visit the New Jersey Pinelands Commission website or see our files |
| Did You Know? |
Did you know that Greenwich, Cumberland County, had its own tea burning party?
The Greenwich Tea Party took place in Greenwich, NJ on Dec. 22,1774. This event was influenced by the famous Tea Party that took place in Boston in 1773.
As with the Boston "Tea Party", the local people dressed up as Native Americans and burned the tea because they didn't like the taxes the British put on the tea. The British had taxed tea, the most popular beverage of the time, because they had lost a lot of money during the French and Indian War. The British taxed the tea in an effor to recoupe monetary losses that they felt the colonists owed for Britain's protection during that war.
More did you know, archived. |
| Fire Danger Rating |
The NJ Forest Fire Service uses two indices to measure and monitor the dryness of forest fuels and the possibility of fire ignitions becoming wildfires. These indices are the National Fire Danger Rating System's "Buildup Index" and the Keetch-Byram Drought Index." Both indices are used for fire preparedness planning, which includes the following initiatives: campfire and burning restrictions, fire patrol assignments, staffing of fire lookout towers and readiness status for both observation and firefighting aircraft.
Current
Fire Danger and Rating Indices (As of February 24, 2006,
2006)
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9
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Fire Danger Rating System
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Fires will not spread beyond heat of camp fire or brush fire. |
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Fires will start from open flame, camp or brush fire. Spreads slowly. |
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High
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Fires will start from a lighted match and spread rapidly in dry grass, slower with moisture. Will continue to spread until extinguished. |
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Very High
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Fires will start
readily from match or glowing embers, and spreads rapidly as it increases in size. May crown young conifers. |
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Fires start readily from sparks or cigarette butts, spread and crown rapidly. Spot fires common. All burn fiercely and may blow up unless controlled promptly. |
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496.5 |
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9.5 |
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