Barry I only recently jumped into this and wondered what you are doing down there? I'm from that part of NJ - and my Dad spent his childhood in the Pine Barrens. He has some pretty hair raising stories. And yes, there are still Pinies down there. I had an adventure about 15 years ago going country western dancin' with some good ole boys at some hall down there. Not only do they have their own brand of English, they have their own brand of CW dancing! It was quite a night. That's all I'll say :) My Dad used to collect rattlesnakes and bring them to a lab that used to be down there. They'd milk them and give my Dad a quarter/snake for his trouble. Once he got caught in a fire and saved himself by lying down in a creek (can't think of the name of it now - I'll ask him) and watched as this inferno swept over he and his cousin John Dwayne. He has another story about a pack of wild dogs, but Barry, you probably wouldn''t want to know about that. (Just keep a climbing tree handy!) Chris
________________________________ From: Barry Caselli <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2009 10:40:37 PM Subject: [ENTS] Re: New Jersey Pinelands Jenny, John McPhee's book is very famous here, as are those of Father Beck (Henry Charlton Beck). Much of the Pine Barrens is just the way it was 50 or 100 years ago, but sadly in some areas they have put up hundreds or even thousands of McMansions. On that map that Ed linked to, I live just north or northwest of the yellow dot next to the words Egg Harbor City. So I'm pretty much in the middle of it, though closer to the south end of it. It's an amazing place. Barry P.S.- Thanks to Ed for putting up those links. --- On Sun, 3/15/09, JennyNYC <[email protected]> wrote: From: JennyNYC <[email protected]> Subject: [ENTS] Re: New Jersey Pinelands To: "ENTSTrees" <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, March 15, 2009, 3:41 PM Ed, Thanks so much for the links. I have been following Barry's posts. It is a place that I am so fascinated by, but haven't been. There's a great book about some of the cultural aspects by John McPhee ( I think it's called "Pine Barrens".) Can't wait to go. Thanks again, Jenny On Mar 14, 10:01 pm, "Edward Frank" <[email protected]> wrote: > People, > > For those of you following the considerable exploits of Barry Caselli, there is a map and quite a bit of information available at this site by the New Jersey Pinelands Commission: > > http://www.state.nj.us/pinelands/index.shtml > > The maps specifically is located at: > > http://www.state.nj.us/pinelands/pastimes/Interactive%20Pinelands%20M... > > It will help you follow his progress in the unique area he has been documenting. > > Ed --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
