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October Is Pinelands Month! Oct / Nov 2016 Volume 23 Number 6 Inspiring the Next Generation at Pinelands Adventures . 3 Fall in the Pinelands . 4 Fencing the Apple Pie Hill Fire Tower . 6 Seeing the cranberry harvest is a highlight for young and old in New Jersey. Pinelands Events . 7 October is Pinelands Month! by Becky Free, Director of Membership & Communications Twenty years ago the Pinelands demanding, our families need us, and Green Trading Preservation Alliance asked Governor information comes at us through our Christie Todd Whitman to declare the radios, TVs, phones and computers. I Post month of October as Pinelands Month. urge you to take some time away from Dec. 3rd and 4th This designation was a call to action to these things in October and get out and every member of the Pinelands 12 noon to 4 pm really experience the Pinelands. You community – residents, business owners, won’t regret it and you certainly won’t and organizations - to celebrate this forget it. incredible place. We picked October Shop for gifts from a because it is an especially picturesque Here is a short list (not in any particular wide variety of local time of year – cranberries are being order) of things to choose from. Check nonprofits and artists. harvested, the leaves are changing, and out our web page for a changing list of fun Special deals on gift the air cools down making exploring the things to do. Share your experiences with Pine Barrens even more enjoyable. us on our Facebook page or in our memberships and more! Instagram feed and tag your post with We worked to create Pinelands Month in #PinelandsMonth. Location: 1996 for the same reasons that we opened PPA Offices Pinelands Adventures in 2015. The 1. Start your adventure by getting a copy 17 Pemberton Rd. Pinelands will not survive if there isn’t of our Pinelands Exploration Map! This Southampton, NJ broad public support for its protection. full-color map costs $5 and highlights 14 People won’t take action to protect what key locations to start your Pine Barrens Learn more: they don’t love and they won’t love what adventure. www.pinelandsalliance.org they don’t know. We simply must find ways to get more people to smell the pine 2. See the cranberry harvest! There are a trees, feel the warm sand between their few ways to do this. Contact the 17 P EMBERTON ROAD toes or canoe through its tea-colored Whitesbog Preservation Trust to join one SOUTHAMPTON , NJ 08088 waters. of their tours or make a reservation with T - 609.859.8860 Pinelands Adventures to visit a working F - 609.859.8804 We are all very busy these days. We have cranberry farm. WWW .PINELANDSALLIANCE .ORG children in school and sports, our jobs are continued on page 5 Inside The Visit the Pine Barrens this Fall Pinelands Published six times a We often hear people say they do not We hope this map makes it easy for year by the Pinelands know where to start when it comes to people of all interests and abilities to Preservation Alliance exploring the Pinelands, that it is a experience the region's characteristic Executive Editor mystery, and that they are intimidated beauty. You can get a copy of this map by its size. There is surprisingly little for $5 at our visitor center and at Carleton Montgomery material available to help someone plan Pinelands Adventures. Ghost towns, Editor a trip for the day or a weekend. The historic villages, visitor centers, need for an overall tour of the Pinelands museums, and all sorts of wild areas are Becky Free – including a map, images and a just waiting for you to explore them. PPA Staff description of activities prompted us to Pick up a copy and get out there and create the Pinelands Exploration Map . explore today! Richard Bizub Tom Dunn This map is organized around 14 Audra Hardoon gateway sites into the Pinelands. These Jason Howell sites are accessible by paved road and Theresa Lettman they are interesting and representative of Ryan Rebozo this region. They are also logical points Jaclyn Rhoads from which you can engage in a wide Stephen Sebastian variety of outdoor activities. An example of a gateway site would be Jane Wiltshire Historic Batsto Village in Wharton State Pinelands Adventures Forest. From Batsto Village you can visit Rob Ferber the museum, go for a hike or a bike ride, bird watch and botanize and take the John Volpa smart phone tour. Distributed to PPA members & volunteers, If you are looking for more adventurous state legislators, travel you can explore the satellite sites Pinelands municipalities, associated with these gateway sites. elected officials, Activities at these sites include hiking selected officials, and canoeing and often these sites are and planning boards only accessible by sand roads. An Mailing services generously example of this would be the historic donated by Swift Mailing ruins of Martha’s Furnace which is only Services of Bristol, PA accessible by sand road from the gate - (www.swiftmailing.com) way site of Harrisville. Printed on 100% recycled paper (made from post-consumer pulp produced in a chlorine-free For more information visit our website pulping and bleaching process) www.pinelandsalliance.org/Gateways. Circulation: 550 0 Here you will find web links that will help you plan your visit as well as more Available online at www.pinelandsalliance.org information about what you can do there. 2 Inspiring the Next Generation at Pinelands Adventures by John Volpa, Director of Education for Pinelands Adventures Shaking his head at the Pinelands true happiness they feel when they’re Adventures canoe, the young man said in hiking, paddling, or running in the great a voice tinged with apprehension, “I’m outdoors. Providing outdoor Explore the Pinelands not getting in that. No way .” opportunities for America’s youth to National Reserve become members of a growing culture of with Pinelands Adventures! “I can’t swim,” the young woman said, her health is part of our mission. Hopefully, voice shaking as she eyed the canoe. as more young people utilize the Pine Barrens for healthful recreational Guided and unguided trips on Overcoming one’s perceived limitations is activities, they’ll come to understand the the Batsto River, bus tours, a hallmark of personal growth. Providing specialness of this land and love it enough hikes, canoe lessons and more. a well-designed challenge by choice to care for it. opportunity, such as first time canoeing, is Fun for the whole family! only one aspect of a guided trip with So far this year, the Pinelands Adventures Book your trip today! Fall is a great time to Pinelands Adventures. education staff have worked with over 945 experience New Jersey’s Pine Barrens. students many of them from twelve Impact Charity Services, a nonprofit different underserved communities from Call 609-268-0189 or visit organization dedicated to improving the as far north as Newark and as far south at www.pinelandsadventures.org lives of children in the Greater Delaware Wilmington, Delaware. Referring to her Valley, scheduled some trips with Camden Academy ninth grade students, Pinelands Adventures this summer. Transition Counselor Ms. Lakasha Street Associate Vice President, Judyann wrote, “The trip was a huge success for McCarthy, wrote in a thank you note: “I everyone. The program was fun, truly believe the kids wake up the next engaging, and the timing was great .” morning feeling proud because they actually accomplished something. You We are grateful to our donors for subsi - can’t just ‘get’ good self-esteem and dizing these educational and recreational confidence - you must earn it. It was a experiences for students who would not great step for them all .” normally have such an opportunity. Immersing students in the serene green of In addition to reaching underserved New the Pine Barrens to learn about its Jersey communities, our most popular important and unique characteristics is trip, the Pine Barrens Discovery Tour, has another aspect of our guided adventures. been customized to meet the needs of Ms. McCarthy continued, “One boy said groups as diverse as Girl Scouts and Cub he was never around anything so calm in Scouts to graduate level college students, his life and how he felt so relaxed .” and the general public. We look forward to sharing the beauty of the pines with Inspiring young people to look inward to many more visitors. Come paddle, hike, Fairs & Festivals learn more about themselves and the or take a bus tour! natural world opens the portal of Pine Barren Jamboree curiosity, another hallmark of humanity. For more information about this program October 8th, 11am - 4pm Connecting the ecological concepts of visit www.pinelandsadventures.org or at Wells Mills Park niche and habitat to one’s existence fosters contact [email protected]. that curiosity and can be life changing. Waretown, NJ We ask students to explore their interests and untapped skill sets in order to help Thank You! Batsto Country Living Fair find their niche in society. After kayaking October 16th, 10am - 4pm a section of the Mullica River one young We are amazed by all the people who at Historic Batsto Village woman said, “I love this so much, I want choose to become members of the in Wharton State Forest to be a tour guide!” Pinelands Preservation Alliance. You really make a difference! I hope we inspire students to pursue the Stop by our table! 3 Fall in the Pinelands by Ryan Rebozo, Ph.D., Director of Conservation Science The fall season in New Jersey brings Atlantic White Cedar swamps. with it cooler weather and earlier Savannahs and cedar swamps are Thank You! sunsets.
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