Mike, I walked into a field of pot once coming out of a creek trout fishing. I got out of there fast!
Yep, Homeless utilize woods too. Some forests near here show signs of them. JP On Mar 30, 5:45 am, "Mike Leonard" <[email protected]> wrote: > 10) Clandestine pot farmers > > 11) Homeless hobos > > 12) Meeting place for satanic cultists > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Edward Frank > Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2009 12:34 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [ENTS] Re: Driving into the Pine Barrens > > Barry, > > 6) Crime bosses looking for places to dispose of bodies. > > 7) Industrialists looking to dispose of hazardous waste > (not really the same as #4 in terms of scale) > > 8) Aliens looking for isolated humans to "probe." > > 9) People searching the the Jersey Devil. > > Ed > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Barry Caselli <mailto:[email protected]> > To: ENTS <mailto:[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2009 11:35 AM > Subject: [ENTS] Driving into the Pine Barrens > > ENTS, > I was trying to think of short subject line for this post that conveys > what I'm about to discuss, and that was the best I could come up with. > I live just south of the vast Wharton State Forest, the largest unit in > New Jersey's state parks and forests system, at 114,000+ acres. > Surrounding Wharton there are other state parks and forests- Bass River, > Penn, and Brendan T. Byrn (formerly Lebanon). Besides that there are the > state Wildlife Management Areas, some of them quite large also. And then > there are Nature Conservancy preserves, New Jersey Natural Lands Trust > preserves, etc. And this is just the north-central part of the Pine > Barrens. > Wharton State Forest, all by itself, has between 400 and 500 miles of > dirt or sand roads within it. > Okay, that's the background. Since I've lived here for 24 years, and > have driven my truck on sand and dirt roads in the woods for over 20 > years, I've gotten to know what kinds of people drive in the woods. I've > come up with a list of 5 types of people that drive their cars or trucks > into the woods (or ATVs). In no particular order: > > 1) Those with a genuine interest in nature or local history, and those > who want to commune with nature. (This is me.) > > 2) Those who may, or may not, have an interest in nature or local > history, but are really just curious about where the road goes, or what > they might find at the end of it. They see cool things and have no idea > of what they are, and probably don't have enough interest to learn about > them later. This type may turn into type #1 or type #3 at a later date. > > 3) Those who drive out there just to have fun with their truck (or SUV > or ATV), and beat the heck out of it, with not a thought or care in the > world, about what they are doing to the sand roads or the environment > out there. It is of no concern to them. This type has no interest in > nature, the environment or local history. > > 4) Those who drive out there just to get rid of some trash, construction > debris, old furniture or appliances, or what have you (illegal dumping). > This type may or may not participate in the activities of type #3 as > well. > > 5) Those who go out there just to party, i.e. drink beer and have a good > time. When they go home afterwards they invariably leave their trash > behind. This type may or may not participate in the activities of type > #3 as well. > > Barry</TABLE<BR- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
