Oct / Nov 2017 Volume 24 Number 6

Ghost Forests Come to ...... 3

Dunes are Critical: A Conservation Update . 4

Conservation Ballot Measure ...... 6

Pinelands Commissioners Lloyd, McGlinchey, Lohbauer, Galletta, Earlen and Prickett prepare to vote (left to right). Pinelands Events . . . . 7 Good News / Bad News from the Commission “Pinelands” by Carleton Montgomery, Executive Director For the first time in its history, the against the land with little or no repercus - Photography Pinelands Commission passed a resolution sions. Exhibit that will greatly reduce damages caused by State Park Police have worked to control off-road vehicles within Wharton State Nov. 4th to Dec. 10th the deluge of ORV activity, but have been Forest. The resolution designates only hampered by a lack of clear guidance on This juried exhibit of those sand roads marked on specific USGS where people can and cannot drive. This images from the topographical maps as being available for resolution will allow officials to keep Pinelands National use by motorized vehicles. Reserve is on display vehicles on roads and out of sensitive areas. at our headquarters. But for the second time in 2017 the It will allow Park Police to issue citations See stunning images Commission approved a high-pressure with the confidence that users have clear of the landscape, natural gas transmission pipeline in information about where they can and people and history violation of Pinelands rules. This happened cannot drive. that make this place at their monthly meeting at the War so special. The Department of Environmental Memorial Theater in Trenton on Protection (DEP) tried to implement a September 14th. Exhibit Hours: motorized access plan in August 2015 to Mon. - Fri.: 10am - 4pm The Commission’s resolution means there protect . Ultimately Sundays: Noon to 5pm. is finally a map of Wharton State Forest the DEP Commissioner withdrew the plan, Learn more: that shows a responsible way to explore its and the DEP has since done nothing to www.pinelandsalliance.org 122,800 acres of open space. Because of the designate appropriate routes for motorized vast area and limited funding for law vehicles – even removing signs meant to 17 P EMBERTON ROAD enforcement, Wharton has become known keep vehicles out of streams and wetlands. SOUTHAMPTON , NJ 08088 throughout the northeastern Under pressure from PPA and citizens who T - 609.859.8860 F - 609.859.8804 as an area where off-road vehicle (ORV) care about the State Forests, the Pinelands WWW .PINELANDSALLIANCE .ORG users could challenge their machines Commission picked up the issue in 2015

continued on page 5 Inside The Another Great Year for the Pinelands Tour de Pines

Published six times a year by the Pinelands A record number of people registered to more information on the Tour de Pines Preservation Alliance ride the 13th annual Tour de Pines and other events organized by the bicycle ride organized by the Pinelands Pinelands Preservation Alliance on our Executive Editor Preservation Alliance – 336 people website www.pinelandsalliance.org. signed up to ride all or part of this five Carleton Montgomery day tour of the Pinelands National Reserve. Editor This year’s Tour took place from Becky Free October 4th to the 8th. All rides are loop 2017 Tour de Pines rides and range from 45-50 miles. On The 2017 Tour de Pines was a PPA Staff three of the days we offered an addition - al shorter loop of 22-28 miles. Riders can huge success. We offer our thanks Richard Bizub choose how many days they want to to the following sponsors: Tom Dunn ride. This year our rides started at Estell Audra Hardoon Manor Park in Atlantic County, Laurita Winery in New Egypt, historic Batsto Team Tour Sponsors Jason Howell Village in Wharton State Forest, Jakes Cycle Club Ryan Rebozo Branch County Park in Beachwood and Pinelands Adventures Jaclyn Rhoads on the last day we rode from PPA’s Headquarters in Southampton. Wells Fargo Financial Services Stephen Sebastian Flying Fish Brewing Co. This event would not be possible if it Katie Smith wasn’t for the volunteer planning Jane Wiltshire committee who spend hours of their Bicycle Shop Sponsors own time planning the rides, checking Bicycles Unlimited Pinelands Adventures the routes, and promoting and Forked River, NJ Rob Ferber organizing the event. Beachwood Bicycles Barnes Laucks Our heartfelt thanks go to the 2017 Beachwood, NJ committee: Wayne Cahilly, Harry John Volpa Chaikin, Mickey Coen, Bob Cummings, Harts Cyclery Helen Dudar, Anita Garner, Dick Pennington, NJ Distributed to Gouldey, Michael Hardy, John Keenan, PPA members & volunteers, Kevin Kristian, Chris Monchinski, Dan Shore Brake Cyclery Brant Beach, NJ state legislators, Rappoport, Daniel Sferas, Susan Soesbe, Pinelands municipalities, Jay Stephens, Ed and Patricia Troike, Tuckahoe Bike Shop elected officials, and Jim Wheatcroft. Tuckahoe, NJ selected officials, The Pine Barrens provides some and planning boards Village Bicycle amazing places to ride your bicycle. Tuckerton, NJ Places where you can still find country Mailing services generously roads with low traffic, forests, farmland, donated by Swift Mailing Tour Supporters Services of Bristol, PA and coastal views. The Tour de Pines is (www.swiftmailing.com) about the experience of being out in the Pinelands and appreciating all that has Cahilly Horticultural Services Printed on 100% recycled paper been protected. We hope that all riders (made from post-consumer pulp Pemberton-Pyramid Lodge No. 92 produced in a chlorine-free who participate will also consider pulping and bleaching process) advocating for its protection. Tate & Tate Certified Court Reporters Circulation: 550 0 Next year’s Tour de Pines will take Wheelies Bicycles of Medford place October 3rd to the 8th - so mark Available online at your calendars for 2018! You can get www.pinelandsalliance.or g 2 Ghost Forests come to New Jersey by Jason Howell, Stewardship Coordinator In June we released the video Barrens to preserving the habitat within the the Bay: An Aquifer Flows to It as part of Pinelands National Reserve. These ghost our Save the Source campaign forests are a prominent visual example (www.SaveTheSource.org) to raise aware - showing some of the consequences of ness about the need to protect the over-withdrawal from the Kirkwood- Kirkwood-Cohansey aquifer - the source Cohansey aquifer system. of water that the plants, animals and humans depend on in this region. One town in the Pinelands has been working hard to conserve water, and that During the filming we found evidence of town is Hammonton. Hammonton’s a little reported, but important topic publically owned water utility operates involving the issue of sea level rise and four wells that draw water primarily from aquifer withdrawal. While exploring the the Kirkwood-Cohansey aquifer. PPA lower Mullica and Wading Rivers with and the Association of New Jersey Partnership Project Environmental Commissions (ANJEC) Aerial view of ghost forests of Atlantic White Coordinator Martha Maxwell-Doyle, we have been supporting their efforts with a Cedar along the Mullica River. came upon a stand of Atlantic White communications campaign to raise Cedar that had been killed after salt water awareness among the town’s citizens and inundation from Hurricane Sandy in businesses. Hammonton’s work has led Pinelands Juried 2012. There it was - a ghost forest of dead to a 37% reduction in water usage in the trees standing there at the edge of the town between 2011 and 2015. If this Photography Mullica River. See the whole video at water reduction can be replicated in other www.SavetheSource.org. Pinelands towns these cumulative savings Exhibit could help keep our coastal wetlands Atlantic White Cedar trees can’t survive healthy. from Nov. 4th to Dec. 10th prolonged exposure to salt water. Martha explained, “The impact of saltwater inun - We should not forget that the systems that dation on some of the ecosystems here, feed the aquifer, the wetlands, and the PPA Headquarters especially after Hurricane Sandy, was that 17 Pemberton Rd. streams also make it possible for us to sur - Southampton, NJ 08088 salt water moved in and the trees were not vive. We are as dependent on this system able to adapt… as you get into fresh water as any of the streams and wetlands or you will see along the edges healthy stands plants and animals. The difference is that This juried exhibit Celebrating a of cedar trees, but . . . as the salt water line it is up to us to fight to keep the system Bold Vision - Our Country’s First moves up into these systems, these trees healthy. Without active conservation, National Reserve is now open. will die.” enforcement of water allocations, and View 71 stunning photographs active monitoring, we will continue to see taken within the boundaries of It is hard for people to make the connec - the Pinelands National Reserve. tion between the water that comes out of losses to habitat and water supply. That is why we are asking you to make this one of The exhibit is on display in the their faucet and the water that we find in newly renovated barn at our our wetlands and estuaries – but they are your top issues in the coming months and headquarters. intimately connected. If humans are years. This topic will have dramatic conse - using more water for daily activities than quences if ignored and we need you join the ecosystem can support, it exacerbates us in working to reduce the impact of Exhibit Hours: the impacts of salt water intrusion. increasing water usage and withdrawal. Learn more about how to take action on Martha said, “If you are drawing down on Mon. - Fri.: 10am - 4pm your aquifer because there is more our website www.SavetheSource.org and Sundays: Noon to 5pm. demand for human populations, and you click on Take Action. have sea level rise occurring, everything is changing and the saltwater line will move Learn more: inland.” Thank You! www.pinelandsalliance.org Thank you to all the people who donate In our video series, we hope to illuminate to the Pinelands Preservation Alliance. Photographs are available for some of the important reasons why You really make a difference! purchase. conserving groundwater is essential to

3 Dunes are Critical: A Coastal Conservation Update by Ryan Rebozo, Ph.D., Director of Conservation Science

The Pinelands Preservation This simple and inexpensive form Alliance and Raritan Valley of compromise management pro - Community College (RVCC) are duces results quickly. In 2016, the wrapping up their second year of first year of this project, the federal - partnership in helping to protect ly listed Seabeach Amaranth was critical dune found in exclosures in two of the habitat on our state beaches. four state beaches, Island Beach Thanks to a grant from the New State Park and Brigantine, the state Jersey Sea Grant Consortium, PPA listed Seabeach Evening Primrose and Dr. Jay Kelly from RVCC have was found in Cape May Point and used string and post markers on Corson’s Inlet, Oystercatchers nest - four state beaches, Island Beach ed in exclosures in North Brigantine State Park, North Brigantine Natural Area and Piping Plovers Natural Area, Corson’s Inlet and successfully nested in Island Beach Cape May Point, to identify por - for the first time in over 20 years. tions of the back beach that would be protected from beach raking and The Piping Plover nesting at Island motorized use. Beach State Park continued in 2017 along with Seabeach Amaranth This is an example of effective com - occurring in five locations of promise management. Recreational improved ecological beach use of the beach for fishing, driving, management, Port Monmouth, swimming and sunbathing is Belmar, Island Beach, Harvey concentrated towards the lower Cedars, Brigantine and Corson’s beach (closer to the water), while inlet. These are locations that have beach nesting birds and beach few if any Seabeach Amaranth Director of Conservation Science, Ryan Rebozo plants are concentrated towards the occurrences in the past 16 years and works with volunteers to install beach signs. upper beach (near the foot of the further highlight how impactful the dune). A portion of the upper simple measure of protection our beach is protected from raking with upper beaches can be. string and post markers to create habitat for our beach species while PPA has received a new source of recreation on the lower beach is funding to continue this project unimpeded. through the National Fish & Wildlife Foundation. An additional benefit to these back beach protections is that they We are looking for municipal facilitate natural dune formation. beaches in the following counties: Dunes are dynamic; they are Atlantic, Cape May, Monmouth Dunes at Island Beach State Park constantly being formed and bro - and Ocean. ken down. In order to form new If your community qualifies please dunes or grow existing dunes, blow - State of the Pinelands contact Ryan Rebozo, Ph.D. Report Coming Soon! ing sand must be trapped by vegeta - Director of Conservation Science at tion growing on the dunes and 609-859-8860 ext 126 or you can Our annual report on the actions beaches. Protecting the upper beach email [email protected]. allows previously bare portions of of government agencies and beach to re-vegetate and begin the PPA will help you develop a strategy officials will be mailed to current process of trapping sand and creat - as well as install marker fencing and members in place of your Dec ‘17 ing incipient dunes. Dunes, in turn, signs to protect your community by - Jan ‘18 newsletter. It will also be benefit the beach front community promoting natural dune develop - available on our website: by offering some protection during ment. www.PinelandsAlliance.org major storm events.

4 Good News / Bad News . . .

continued from cover and has worked hard to come up with PPA will appeal this decision in court. This project violates the a solution. The Pinelands Protection Comprehensive Management Plan SRL is a 28-mile, 30” diameter high Act requires the Commission to (CMP), the set of regulations that pressure natural gas transmission ensure motorized vehicles are used protect the Pinelands, for several key pipeline slated to run from appropriately within the Pinelands reasons. First, pipelines are permitted Chesterfield in Burlington County to boundaries. in the Joint Base only if they are Manchester in Ocean County, genuinely associated with the This resolution is binding upon the through Joint Base McGuire-Dix- function of the base. Second, the DEP. A great first step would be to Lakehurst (JB MDL). The pipeline is pipeline would be routed through the put signs and barriers in the undesig - associated with a 30,500hp Preservation Area of the Pinelands, nated paths of the Batsto Natural compressor station currently under when it could be routed through the Area to prevent motorized use. The construction in a residential Protection Area or outside the Natural Area system is meant to have neighborhood in Chesterfield. Pinelands, as required by the CMP. the highest level of environmental In 2016, the Executive Director, Third, the pipeline application fails to protection in the state. without consent from the full meet essential wetland protection State Parks and Forestry should begin Commission, made a determination standards that hinge on need for the placing signage at the terminus and to the Board of Public Utilities that project. borders of paths now designated as the pipeline complied with the The final vote was 8-4, with one off limits to motor vehicles. In time, Comprehensive Management Plan recusal. Commissioner Lohbauer they should also create physical barri - bringing the pipeline a step closer to delivered a thorough rationale for his ers where damage is occurring. They construction. PPA took legal action vote against the application. He should also modify their current map and in 2016, the Appellate Division of mentioned section 7:50-5.29 of the to comply with the Pinelands the Superior Court of New Jersey CMP which defines the conditions Commission designations. determined that for such an under which the Commission is application, the Executive Director This resolution is the beginning of a permitted to authorize development didn’t have the authority to decide on solution to end the abuse of Wharton within the federal military installation the compliance issue and the full and other protected land in the state. area. He stated that the language Commission must decide. PPA has been working to address this indicates development can be issue for more than 20 years. Our In December 2016 the Commission approved by the Commission if its efforts include scientific monitoring passed resolutions to define how they use “is associated with the function of of damaged sites and their recovery, would approach a vote on both the the federal installation”. In working to see legislation passed in Gas and New Jersey Gas Lohbauer’s opinion the applicant 2009 requiring the mandatory pipelines. We currently have appeals (NJNG) has not demonstrated on registration and tagging of off-road pending on these resolutions (PC4- record that the pipeline is associated vehicles, coordinating volunteer 16-43 and PC4-17-10), which with the groups to clean up trash and protect establish the rushed, unlawful process function of the federal installation. In sensitive areas, publicizing the by which the Pinelands Commission fact the record indicates the pipeline impacts and supporting good reviewed these applications. These will not supply gas to the military solutions. We thank the Pinelands appeals are before the Appellate base, it will not even be connected. Commissioners that worked hard to Division of the New Jersey Superior PPA, Bordentown, and Chesterfield get this resolution passed. Court. have appealed the New Jersey DEP New Jersey Natural Gas Over the summer a report by industry permits and the Board of Public expert firm Skipping Stone, revealed Utilities approvals. The New Jersey Unfortunately, the Pinelands that SRL is neither a necessary nor Chapter of the Sierra Club has also Commission also voted to approve effective solution to increase joined in appealing the Board of the New Jersey Natural Gas (NJNG) reliability to the NJNG system. At no Public Utilities approvals. Southern Reliability Link (SRL) gas point has NJNG, the Board of Public pipeline, in violation of federal and The pipeline still requires approval Utilities (BPU), or the Pinelands state statutes and regulations from the Joint Base. We will keep Commission conducted a reliability designed to protect the Pinelands you informed about this issue. analysis to see if SRL is truly needed. National Reserve. PPA commissioned this report. 5 Natural Resource Damages Ballot Measure - Nov. 7th by Jaclyn Rhoads, Assistant Executive Director New Jersey has tremendous natural and disproportionately urban and low- geographical resources. Its abundance of income. Many impacted communities, Green Trading Post clean water, wildlife, and forests, its such as Newark, Elizabeth, Camden and network of rivers, and convenient Linden also have limited outdoor Dec. 2nd & 3rd location between two of the largest cities recreational opportunities. 12 noon to 4pm both days in the U.S. makes New Jersey a natural center for manufacturing & business. It is important to protect the funds that help clean up these communities. Voters PPA Headquarters With these attractive assets comes a 17 Pemberton Rd. history of industrialization. will have the opportunity to decide if Southampton, NJ 08088 Unfortunately industry can lead to funds from natural resource damages should be constitutionally dedicated to Join us for this annual event pollution, through major spills and the to use your holiday cash to pollutants left behind in the clean up polluted sites on November 7th. benefit local nonprofits and environment. New Jersey’s natural Constitutional dedication prevents the artists! Refreshments, music, resources belong to all of us. When they use of funds for other purposes like state and other surprises. are polluted, damages must be paid. general funds that pay for operations or other programs in New Jersey. Please Conserve Wildlife Foundation New Jersey’s history of industrialization make sure to stay informed, learn more, of New Jersey has resulted in some of the strongest and get out to vote on Election Day. www.conservewildlifenj.org anti-pollution laws in the country, which hold companies responsible for cleaning Master Gardners of Burlington up industrial pollution, as well as Pinelands County compensating communities for actions Commission Paul Evans Pedersen, Jr. that damaged the environment. Pine Barrens Diamonds artist Payments assessed against polluters to The state Pinelands Commission and author of New Tales from compensate for injury to and lost use of holds their monthly meetings on the Old Haunts the environment are known as Natural second Friday of the month. The Resource Damages. public is welcome to attend. Pinelands Adventures www.PinelandsAdventures.org New Jersey’s Natural Resource Damages Next Monthly Meeting: program requires polluters to pay the Pinelands Folk Music & state for lost use and restoration of Fri., Dec. 8th, 9:30 am Basketry Center natural resources, such as wildlife, www.pinelandsfolkmusic.com habitat, water, or wetlands, due to Location: pollution. For example, the waterfront 15 Springfield Road Pollenation Station park in Newark along the Passaic River www.pollenationstation.org and dam removals to restore fish passage New Lisbon, NJ 08064 along the Raritan River were funded Ph: (609) 894-7300 Rancocas Nature Center with Natural Resource Damages. These www.rancocasnaturecenter.org restoration payments are separate from Sign up on the Commission’s email cleanup costs. list through their website: Whitesbog Preservation Trust www.whitesbog.org www.state.nj.us/pinelands Natural Resource Damages are incredibly important for assisting Woodford Cedar Run Wildlife communities that have sustained Refuge sudden, unanticipated pollution spills or Stay Informed www.cedarrun.org have suffered ongoing toxic discharges, Get more information about sometimes for generations. These funds Follow us on Facebook this event on our website: help them recover. But recently, facebook.com/pinelands Natural Resource Damages have been www.PinelandsAlliance.org raided from the communities that Find us on Twitter deserve them and redirected to balance @PinesAlliance Use your Greens for Good this the state budget. holiday season! Share with us on Instagram Many polluted communities are @pinelandsalliance 6 BOARD OF TRUSTEES Calendar of Events Hon. Brendan Byrne Pinelands Adventures Field Trips Honorary Chair Former Governor, State of New Jersey Fall/Winter 2017 James Barnshaw, M.D. Chair The events listed below are just a Retired Physician can learn from its history as many years ago, many of the few of the great trips offered by society grapples with today’s places he wrote about have Barbara Trought Pinelands Adventures and PPA. local and global environmen - remained largely unchanged. Vice Chair tal issues. Cost is $60 per per - They’ve remained that way in Community Activist Visit www.pinelandsalliance.org son. large part because McPhee’s Anne E. Heasly and click on Event Calendar for a book challenged citizens and complete listing of Pinelands Industries in the Pines political leaders to find a way Treasurer (Small Bus Tour) Conservation Consultant programs and trips provided by a to protect the unique Pine wide variety of groups and Dec. 3rd, 10 am to 3pm. Guide is Barrens ecosystem and culture Michael Gallaway Jeff Larson. Trip meets at from development that Secretary organizations. Pinelands Adventures, 1005 Sierra Club Atsion Rd, Shamong NJ loomed on the horizon at the time. Participants in this tour Peter C. Adamson, M.D. The Pine Barrens are a post- will travel by van making The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia industrial forest. It has been stops and taking short hikes at said that by 1850 no trees exist - places like Paisley, Apple Pie Robert L. Barrett ed between the Delaware River Hill, Hog Wallow and the Retired Banker and the Atlantic Ocean due to Forks on the Mullica. Cost is Patricia A. Butenis over harvesting and industry in $60 per person. Ambassador (Retired) the Pine Barrens region. While such a claim is slightly exagger - Green Trading Post Timothy J. Byrne ated, it is difficult to imagine Attorney December 2nd and 3rd from 12 that the pine wilderness was noon to 4pm on both days. Held at Pre-registration is once a major industrial center. the Pinelands Preservation Charles M. Caruso REQUIRED. Alliance, 17 Pemberton Rd., Retired Patent Counsel, Merck & Co., Inc. Evidence of bygone eras still lie Southampton NJ www.pinelandsadventures.org hidden along the quiet stream Charles M. Chapin beds and below the thick Join us for this annual New Jersey Audubon Society Canoe and kayak rentals, patches of wild huckleberry. event to use your holiday guided tours, and other We will make several stops to cash to benefit local non - Emile DeVito, Ph.D. outdoor programs. Pinelands New Jersey Conservation Foundation explore on foot. Cost is $60 profits and artists! Adventures is an initiative of per person. John Dighton, Ph.D. PPA. Call 609-268-0189. Refreshments, music, and Director, Rutgers Pinelands Field Station Pine Barrens Habitats Tour other surprises. Vendors include: Conserve Wildlife Bill Fisher (Small Bus Tour) Journey Between Two Rivers Foundation, Pinelands Folk Senior Project Manager, Liberty Property Trust Nov. 18th, 10 am to 3pm. Guide is Music and Basketry Center, (Hike) Jeff Larson. Meet at Pinelands Thomas Harvey Adventures, 1005 Atsion Rd, Whitesbog Preservation Trust, Attorney Nov. 11 and Dec. 2. Trip departs at Shamong NJ Pinelands Adventures and 9 a.m. returns 2 p.m. Meet at more. Music provided by the Albert Horner Pinelands Adventures, 1005 To many, the Pine Barrens Great Pinelands Dulcimer Photographer Atsion Rd, Shamong NJ appear as a monotonous Society. Basket making Ron Hutchinson, Ph.D. expanse of sugar sand and demonstration on Saturday Associate Professor of Biology, Stockton University Join Pinelands Adventures pine trees. However, a closer Naturalist, John Volpa, for a and community wreath mak - look reveals a multifaceted ing event on Sunday. Louis R. Matlack, Ph. D. four-mile hike at an easy pace environment comprised of Retired Mediator and Community Facilitator between the Mullica and unique habitats. This trip will For more information visit Batsto Rivers. Explore the be an exploration into the var - www.pinelandsalliance.org David F. Moore uplands and river edges for Retired Executive Director, New Jersey Conservation ious habitats that exist in the or call 609-859-8860. Foundation native plants and animals pinelands. Characteristics of while learning about the each habitat will be discussed Loretta Pickus unique features of the Pine including flora, fauna, natural Cool Day Trips in the Attorney Barrens. Bring a picnic lunch! and human influence. Areas Pine Barrens Sarah Puleo Cost is $35 Adults, $20 to be visited include upland Check out the following Communications Specialist, U.S. General Services Children (8 to 15 years old) pine-oak communities, low - places when planning your Administration land pine communities, next Pine Barrens trip. Pine Barrens Time Machine spungs, savannas, hardwood William A. Rodio Historic Whitesbog Village Attorney (Small Bus Tour) (gum) swamps, and other aquatic environments. Cost is Wharton State Forest Jessica Rittler Sanchez, Ph.D. Nov. 19. Trip runs from 10am to $60 per person. www.whitesbog.org 3pm. Guide John Volpa. Meet at Regional Planner Historic Batsto Village Pinelands Adventures, 1005 John McPhee Pine Barrens Robert Tucker, Ph.D. Atsion Rd, Shamong NJ Brendan Byrne State Retired Scientist Today Tour Forest Change is the key to life on Dec. 16th, 10am to 3pm. Guide is www.batstovillage.org Betty Wilson John Volpa. Meet at Pinelands Retired Public Servant earth. Join former social stud - ies and science teacher, John Adventures, 1005 Atsion Rd, Woodford Cedar Run Volpa, for a journey exploring Shamong NJ Wildlife Refuge the region’s geologic past to Medford, NJ This small group driving tour www.cedarrun.org Carleton K. Montgomery the present. We’ll focus on will visit many places the human interplay with its Executive Director, Pinelands Preservation Alliance described in John McPhee’s Franklin Parker Preserve natural resources, its unique landmark book The Pine (New Jersey Conservation flora and fauna, how it Barrens . While most of the Foundation) became the Pinelands characters that McPhee pro - Chatsworth, NJ National Reserve and what we filed have since passed on www.njconservation.org 7 Pinelands Preservation Alliance Address Service Requested Nonprofit Organization Bishop Farmstead U.S. Postage 17 Pemberton Road PAID Southampton, NJ 08088 Permit #164 Philadelphia, PA Inside: Ghost Forests Come to New Jersey - p. 3 Dunes are Critical: A Conservation Update - p. 4 Conservation Ballot Measure this November - p. 6 Pinelands Events for Fall/Winter - p. 7

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