Aug / Sept 2019 Volume 26 Number 4

Master of the Skies . . . 3

Pass the Endangered & Threatened Plant Protection Act ...... 4

PPA Receives Generous Land Donation ...... 6 NJ is one of only five states to require 50% of its electricity to come from renewable sources by 2030. Pinelands Events . . . . 7 A New Day for Energy Policy in by Tom Gilbert, Campaign Director ReThink Energy NJ and New Jersey Conservation Foundation Explore the Pinelands! It’s a new day when it comes to energy implementing key policies that will: policy in New Jersey. Guided and unguided • Improve energy efficiency to at least 2 river trips, bus tours, percent per year, from the current 0.6 Last year, Gov. Phil Murphy signed into percent hikes, canoe lessons law a history-making measure that makes and more. New Jersey one of only five states to • Continue to expand solar power through Fun for the whole family! require 50 percent of its electricity to a revamped incentive system, and new come from renewable sources by 2030. He Community Solar Pilot Program Book Your Next followed it up with an even more Adventure Today! ambitious executive order to develop a • Harness 3,500 megawatts of New Jersey’s offshore wind power plan for New Jersey to achieve 100 percent Pinelands clean energy by 2050. •Develop 2,000 megawatts of energy Adventures storage by 2030 1005 Atsion Rd. And, the state Board of Public Utilities Shamong, NJ 08088 recently released a draft Energy Master These policies are a breath of fresh air – Plan that is open for public comment 609-268-0189 literally – that will reduce emissions that through mid-September. The plan harm our health and climate, and bring PinelandsAdventures.org identifies a number of key strategies, thousands of good, local jobs and other including ramping up renewable energy economic benefits to New Jersey. and efficiency efforts, electrifying the transportation and building sectors, and CONTACT THE PINELANDS But this clean energy future is threatened 17 PEMBERTON ROAD modernizing the electric grid. SOUTHAMPTON, NJ 08088 by a massive build-out of fracked gas T - 609.859.8860 pipelines and other fossil fuel infrastruc- F - 609.859.8804 All signs point to New Jersey making WWW.PINELANDSALLIANCE.ORG ture proposed throughout the state, rapid progress toward clean energy by continued on page 5 Inside The 15th Annual Tour de Pines Bicycle Pinelands Ride Takes Place in October

Published six times a The Tour de Pines, sponsored by small Victorian house with a high roof year by the Pinelands Pinelands Preservation Alliance, topped by a chair. The long ride travels Preservation Alliance celebrates Pinelands Month in October to the Great Bay. Start location: Bass with five consecutive single-day bicycle River State Forest, Tuckerton NJ. Executive Editor tours of the New Jersey Pinelands. Proceeds benefit our work to protect this Oct. 6: NEW! HIGH UP IN Carleton Montgomery special place. This year’s ride takes place BURLINGTON COUNTY (48 and 26 from October 2nd to October 6th. We miles) Traverse Arney’s Mount, the Editor hope you can join us! highest point in Burlington County. Ride travels along the edges of the Becky Free Each ride ranges from 43-55 miles per Pinelands. Chili & beer after the ride! day and they begin and end at the same Start location: PPA Headquarters in PPA Staff location. Cue sheets are provided to all Southampton. registered riders allowing you to go at Richard Bizub your own speed. Visit www.TourdePinesNJ.org for more Isabella Castiglioni information or to register. Like us on Participants provide their own trans- Facebook @tourdepinesnj. Tom Dunn portation, food and lodging as this is an Rhyan Grech unsupported ride. Shorter loops between Sponsors Needed! Contact Becky at 609-859- 25-27 miles are available for some of the 8860 or [email protected]. Audra Hardoon rides. There is a rider leader and a ride Jason Howell sweep for all rides.

Alicia Plaag You can ride as many days as you wish 2019 Tour de Pines Ryan Rebozo for the same price - $45/person. Sponsors

Jaclyn Rhoads (as of August) Tour de Pines 2019 Ride Schedule: Stephen Sebastian Oct. 2: NEW! BLUEBERRY FIELDS Community Tour Sponsor Jane Wiltshire FOREVER (48 or 29 miles) Discover Jersey Shore Cycle Club why Hammonton is the “Blueberry Pinelands Adventures Capital of the World”. Historic Batsto Team Tour Sponsor Rob Ferber Village, Mullica River, old churches and homemade pies! Start location: White Flying Fish Brewing Co. Barnes Laucks Horse Winery, Hammonton NJ Donald Sulewski Bicycle Shop Sponsors Oct. 3: NO WHINING RIDE (43 miles) John Volpa Horse farms, rural roads, Historic Bicycles Unlimited Forked River, NJ Walnford, Colliers Mills and Assunpink Distributed to Wildlife Management Areas (with a few Shore Brake Cyclery PPA members & volunteers, steep hills mixed in) Start location: Brant Beach, NJ state legislators, Laurita Winery, New Egypt NJ Pinelands municipalities, Village Bicycle Tuckerton, NJ elected officials, Oct. 4: ATLANTIC-CAPE RAMBLE (48 miles) Low traffic roads and and planning boards undeveloped land. Historic sites of Aetna Friend of the Tour Furnace and the Head of the River Mailing services generously Futureview TV Services Church, and wildlife management areas. Tate & Tate Certified Court Reporters donated by Swift Mailing Also Belleplain State Forest. Start www.swiftmailing.com location: Estell Manor Park, Estell Tour Supporters Printed on 100% recycled paper Manor, NJ. (made from post-consumer pulp Urgent Care Now produced in a chlorine-free Pemberton-Pyramid Lodge No. 92 pulping and bleaching process) Oct. 5: NEW! PINELANDS MEETS THE BAY (48 and 24 miles) Travel Circulation: 550 0 through small towns, wildlife areas, and pass the famed “Chair on the Roof” – a 2 Master of the Skies by Frank Pignataro, guest writer I have never known anyone who has had Astonishingly, this program eventually opposable thumb, that assists in their the good fortune of observing them in used chickens rather than mechanical ability to swoop down and capture flight who was not filled with awe at their means to incubate the eagles’ eggs until unaware fish swimming near the surface. mere appearance. I am speaking, of eagles could once again do it themselves A very large pair of eagles nest, and are course, about one of the most majestic of without their eggs prematurely cracking often spotted, soaring in the Chatsworth birds to grace the sky in the New Jersey under their parent’s weight in their nests. area in the Pine Barrens heartland. They Pinelands, the Bald Eagle, Haliaeetus are truly a sight to behold. leucocephalus. In order to speed recovery and ensure the program’s success they also introduced Our national symbol, these incredible more than 50 eagles from Canada. They birds with wingspans up to 7-8 foot across did this slowly, over nearly a decade, in Call for Artists! were once near the point of extinction in various parts of the state. They focused on New Jersey. They only recovered due to 3rd Annual the astonishing effort of a few dedicated Pinelands Juried individuals that ensured their upturn from a mere solitary pair nesting in the Photography thick forests of Bear Swamp in the Exhibit Pinelands National Reserve to well over a hundred pairs and counting today. Share your images taken within the boundaries of the Pinelands National Once ubiquitous throughout the lower 48 Reserve! Landscape, flora, wildlife, states, Alaska and Canada, the bald eagle and people will be accepted. fell victim to the insidious effects of insecticides, particularly DDT, from the The exhibit will hang at our offices. late 1940s until early 1980s. This primarily fish-eating raptor was Registration deadline devastated by the trickle-down effect of Bald Eagle in the Pines © Jason Howell extended to: this nefarious pesticide. the forested expanse of the Pinelands and September 21, 2019 the Delaware Bay’s periphery bordering It made its way through the food chain in the Garden State from farmer’s fields and Cumberland and Salem counties where Categories: orchards to our waterways and their more than 50% of the state’s entire eagle inhabitant fish which comprise nearly population can now be found. Open Submissions 85% of the bald eagle’s diet. DDT was Juvenile bald eagles are a motley mixture Student Submissions finally banned in 1972 in the U.S. because of mostly brown coloring until reaching of its heinous effect in thinning the shells Over $2,500 in cash prizes! full maturity in about four to five years. of the eagle’s eggs, as well as other birds, Upon maturity they come to possess their like ospreys. Unfortunately, the unmistakably distinguishing white heads *Opening Reception cumulative effects from decades of DDT’s and tails. Relying almost exclusively on Saturday, November 9, 2-4pm use still hadn’t allowed any viable fish for food during the summer months hatchlings from that solitary eagle pair by (often stolen from a nearby flying osprey) Exhibition Dates: the early 1980s. That is when the NJ in southern NJ bay areas, they will upon Division of Fish and Wildlife stepped in. Nov. 10 - Dec. 14 necessity feed on small mammals and Utilizing resources from the Endangered carrion during the winter months. This is *Awards announced at true in their Pine Barrens habitats when and Nongame Species Program (ENSP) reception. biologists precariously “stole” an egg in most of the shallow lakes and bogs near 1982 from that solitary nest for artificial where they reside are ice covered. Submission guidelines are in the incubation in a government-funded lab in These massive birds weigh between ten to Maryland. While doing so, they hood- 2019 Exhibit Prospectus fifteen pounds and occupy the top of the available online: winked the eagles with a plaster egg and food chain. They have large yellow beaks eventually returned the incubated and powerful yellow talons specially www.PinelandsPhotoExhibit.org hatchling to its anxious parents. adapted with a back claw, almost like an

3 Pass the NJ Endangered & Threatened Plant Protection Act by Ryan Rebozo PhD, Director of Conservation Science

Even though New Jersey has a list of Biologists have long been aware of protection legislation for decades. rare and endangered plant species, New Jersey's extraordinary flora yet Now is the time to take action. these plants are not yet protected by New Jersey lags far behind other state law. states in terms of rare plant This bill is currently in the protections. Though densely Assembly Agriculture and Natural Assemblymen Herb Conaway and populated, the state boasts dramatic Resources Committee. Contact the Kevin Rooney have teamed up to floral diversity, due in part to its members of this committee and let co-sponsor bill A5201, the New geographic diversity. Even so, local them know you want to see this bill Jersey Endangered and Threatened scientists have noted alarming passed through committee and let Plant Protection Act, which will trends with respect to many of the your senator know you want to see a offer protection to New Jersey’s rare state's plant communities and plant senate version of this important plant species. species. From 2006 to 2016 the legislation. Questions? Contact us at 609-859-8860. New Jersey is home to over 2000 number of listed state endangered native plant species, though 18% are plants increased by 26 and the currently at risk for extinction. number of extirpated, or locally Fairs & Festivals extinct, went up by six species. In Most people do not recognize that We hope you can stop by our table at unlike animals, rare plants do not order to stop this decline, better one of these great events! have any statewide protections and protect the four species that only do not have a recognized threatened exist in New Jersey and the 42 Fall Float globally rare species in the state, we category. Plant protections are October 6th, 9am - 2pm limited to regional plans like the need the public to support rare plant Highlands Act and the Pinelands protection legislation. Historic Smithville Park Eastampton, NJ Comprehensive Management Plan, Compare this to the protections that and often do not extend protections exist for wildlife. In 1973, New Free! Canoe/Kayak trips. to all of our rare plant species. Jersey signed into law the NJ We don’t have a table but Pinelands Adventures provides all the boats! This legislation would protect our Endangered Species Conservation rare plants from intentional damage Act, which established laws to Pine Barrens Jamboree and sale or transport with some protect and restore endangered and October 12th, 10am - 4pm specific exceptions. The bill will threatened wildlife in the state. This also establish a threatened category legislation led to the creation of the Wells Mills County Park for plants. This ensures that our Endangered and Nongame Species Waretown, NJ recognition and characterization of Program to do the work necessary rare species uses language that is to protect the state's rare wildlife. Country Living Fair consistent with other states and the Currently, 35 wildlife species are October 20th, 10am - 4pm federal government. Lastly, this bill listed as endangered and 25 are at Historic Batsto Village directs the commissioner of the threatened. The Endangered Species Department of Environmental Conservation Act has protected our Protection (DEP) to establish an wildlife from capture, kill, Pinelands Commission “Endangered and Threatened Plant harassment, habitat destruction, Species Advisory Committee”. over-exploitation, and pollution for Attend a Pinelands Commission close to 40 years - it's about time we This committee would be tasked meeting - the public is welcome and protect our botanical heritage as needed! Next meeting dates: with developing conservation plans well. Plant and animal communities for priority rare species, which will are inextricably intertwined. Our Oct. 11th & Nov. 8th, 9:30 am ensure that the DEP is not only plants and plant communities are Location: protecting the rare plants we know the sole source of food and habitat of, but actively working to increase for wildlife and cannot be neglected 15 Springfield Road the number of individuals with the if we are to truly protect our wildlife. New Lisbon, NJ 08064 ultimate goal of delisting species if Ph: (609) 894-7300 There have been calls for rare plant appropriate. www.nj.gov/pinelands 4 New Jersey’s Energy Policy continued from cover

including the Southern Reliability according to the Union of industry should come to New Jersey. Link now under construction, and Concerned Scientists. Airborne the proposed PennEast pipeline. particulate matter is linked to up to The FDU Poll found that three of 30,000 premature deaths nationally four New Jersey voters say our state Natural gas is now the primary each year. And, extreme weather should invest in renewables, not in source of emissions in the electric, events paired with health problems more fossil fuels. With the residential, and commercial sectors, caused by climate change carry a upcoming update of the state’s and we can’t meet our clean energy massive economic price tag, to the Energy Master Plan, New Jersey has goals without transitioning away tune of hundreds of billions of the opportunity to boost and from gas. Building more gas dollars in the U.S. in the past decade incentivize renewable energy, infrastructure moves us backwards, alone. reduce harmful emissions and not forward. energy costs, and watch our jobs In addition to being better for our and economy grow. While there is a lot to like in the health and the environment, draft Energy Master Plan, it needs to renewable energy projects create With this in mind, the best path be clear that expanding gas infra- three times as many jobs as fossil forward – moving to 100 percent structure is contrary to the goals of fuel energy projects. A recent clean, renewable energy – couldn’t the plan, and direct state agencies to Fairleigh Dickinson University Poll be clearer. use their full authority to deny found that two thirds of New Jersey projects that don’t meet New Jersey’s voters said the jobs created by Editor’s Note: Tom Gilbert is strict environmental standards. We pipelines are not worth the campaign director for ReThink all need to make our voices heard in environmental and health risks, and Energy New Jersey and the New calling on the BPU to strengthen the we should instead create jobs Jersey Conservation Foundation. To plan in these areas. through clean, renewable energy learn more about ReThink Energy NJ projects. and ways to get involved, visit Clean energy isn’t just safer and www.rethinkenergynj.org/take-action. more environmentally sound. In Already, more than 51,000 New many parts of the country, it’s also Jerseyans work in clean-energy jobs, the least expensive energy, in part with about 33,000 working in 15th Annual because the cost of renewable energy efficiency. That number will Tour de Pines energy from solar and wind is at an grow rapidly as the new energy all-time low. Solar costs 86% less efficiency policies are implemented. Oct. 2 to Oct. 6, 2019 across North America than it did in These jobs are local and can include 2009, and wind costs dropped 65% manufacturing LED products, Tour New Jersey’s largest over the same period. installing efficient HVAC systems, wilderness by bike! and construction (which makes up It’s estimated that stronger energy 64% of the jobs in this industry). efficiency measures alone could save Ride as many days as you wish for $45. New Jersey consumers $200 million A single offshore wind farm could annually. That’s a lot of extra generate $702 million in economic Locations: spending money. benefits to our state, and the Northeast Wind Center estimates 10/2 - White Horse Winery Unhealthy, unsustainable fossil fuels 8,000 megawatts of offshore wind 10/3 - Laurita Winery are even more expensive when the now planned in the Northeast 10/4 - Estell Manor Park costs of pollution’s impacts on would create about 36,300 full-time 10/5 - public health and the damage jobs in our region. With Governor wrought by a changing climate are 10/6 - PPA Offices Murphy’s 3,500 megawatt offshore factored in. Poor air quality is linked wind target the highest of any state, To learn more visit our website: to respiratory conditions like a significant portion of those asthma and increases the risk of life- regional jobs and the economic www.TourdePinesNJ.org threatening conditions like cancer, growth tied to this burgeoning 5 PPA Receives Generous Land Donation by Carleton Montgomery, Executive Director The Pinelands Preservation Alliance family expanded the farm and, in ultimately left it to his niece, Cindy, received an extraordinary donation 1753, built the present brick and nephews, Louis and Chris. of farmland adjoining its head- farmhouse, which serves as PPA’s The Bishop Farmstead is on the quarters, the Bishop Farmstead, on headquarters and Pinelands visitor New Jersey and National Registers July 29, 2019. Cindy Yingling, Louis center. The farmhouse represents of Historic Places because its Eni and Chris Eni inherited the 70- one of the finest surviving examples owners, culminating in PPA, have acre farm from their aunt and uncle, of a brick Georgian style house in preserved the historic house and Lore and George Giacchino. Cindy, southern New Jersey. barn as exceptional examples of Louis and Chris are proud multi architecture that tells the story of generation residents of Burlington this region’s ways of life since County. This gift reunites land that European colonization. PPA bought had once formed part of a large farm the farmstead from Ronn and Ellen first established by Quaker settlers Shaffer in 2002 with help from the in 1704. State Green Acres program. The Alliance is excited to receive We feel very fortunate that all the this wonderful gift and looks prior owners, and especially Ronn forward to using this land to and Ellen Shaffer, took such great promote sustainable farming and care of the farmstead and its land management. The land is in the buildings. Farmland Preservation Program, 1753 Farmhouse at Bishop Farmstead and farming is a core part of the life © Ernest Cozens Today, people can visit the Bishop and history of this region. PPA is Farmstead and see two buildings, committed to continuing farming The Irick and Bishop families were the 1753 house and the 1932 the land. united when John Stockton Irick Louden barn, that are increasingly married Emeline Bishop in 1832. rare today. This year, PPA is In the coming months, the Alliance The farm grew and remained in the completing historically sensitive will work with the Natural Resource same family, with one brief inter- renovations of the barn, so it can be Conservation Service, the ruption, until 1932, when the used for events and enjoyed by Burlington County Agricultural Robbins family purchased the farm visitors. Now we have the Development Board, and other to raise cows and crops. After the opportunity to add sustainable experts to explore how this farm can Robbins sold the farm in 1961, it was broken up into smaller lots. The farming to the visitor experience. produce great food, retain its topsoil Fralinger family bought the 12-acres in our increasingly violent storms, known today as the Bishop We offer our thanks to Cindy and provide wildlife habitat. Farmstead, which includes the 1753 Yingling, Louis Eni and Chris Eni for making such a generous “My brothers and I are very pleased house and a Louden barn built by donation of land to the Pinelands to help restore a piece of our region’s the Robbins’ in 1932. Lore and George Giacchino purchased two Preservation Alliance. heritage by reuniting land that was parcels surrounding the farmstead farmed as part of the Bishop Farmstead for hundreds of years,” Thank You! said Cindy Yingling. To all the people who support the Pinelands Preservation Alliance. You In 1704, Thomas Bishop, Thomas really make a difference! Haines and Jeremiah Basse purchased about 400 acres from

Native Americans through a so- Follow us on Facebook called “Indian Deed” which can be facebook.com/pinelands found recorded in the New Jersey State Archives. Find us on Twitter Of the three settlers, Thomas Bishop Louden Barn at Bishop Farmstead @PinesAlliance © Ernest Cozens acquired 200 of these acres and added it to 100 acres he already on three sides and totaling 70 acres. Share with us on Instagram owned. Over time, the Bishop George farmed the land and @pinelandsalliance 6 Calendar of Events BOARD OF TRUSTEES Pinelands Trips & Events

James Barnshaw, M.D. Fall 2019 Chair Retired Physician Pinelands Adventures is our Cost is $55 PP in a Canoe and demonstration or slide show, Barbara Trought outdoor recreation program! $60 Kayak and $50 PP BYO or browse over 40 exhibitors Vice Chair Canoe or Kayak. For ages 8 both commercial and non- Community Activist Make your reservation today. and up. profit. There will be opportunities to purchase Robert L. Barrett Batona Trail - Franklin Treasurer locally created arts & crafts. Retired Banker Parker Preserve (Hike) PPA will have a table at this 11/2/19 at 8:30am. 6-8 hours. event. Stop by and say hi! Michael Gallaway Meet at Pinelands Adventures, Secretary 1005 Atsion Rd, Shamong NJ Sierra Club Country Living Fair During the 1960s, the Back to

Nature Movement urged October 20th from 10am to 4pm. Americans to experience our Historic Batsto Village, Wharton State Peter C. Adamson, M.D. Forest, 31 Batsto Rd, Hammonton national and state parks. Local The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia At Pinelands Adventures you conservationists planned and 08037 can rent a canoe or kayak, take Patricia A. Butenis a guided tour, and so much constructed the Batona Trail, There will be something a fifty-four mile hiking trail in Ambassador (Retired) more. Join us today! Pinelands country for everyone. There Adventures is an initiative of the Pine Barrens. Join will be crafts, exhibits, music, Timothy J. Byrne PPA. Naturalist, John Volpa, as we old-time engines and cars, Attorney explore two of its most beauti- food, antiques, pony rides, Charles M. Caruso Learn more on the web: ful sections, which include a farm equipment, chain-saw Retired Patent Counsel, Merck & Co., Inc. PinelandsAdventures.org variety of wetlands and art, quilting, and more. uplands. We’ll keep a Sponsored by the Batsto Charles M. Chapin Pre-Registration is required moderate pace between New Jersey Audubon Society Citizen Committee. for all trips and rentals and frequent stops for stories and Emile DeVito, Ph.D. can be done online or by exploration of Pine Barrens PPA will have a table at this New Jersey Conservation Foundation calling 609-268-0189. flora and fauna. event. Stop by and say hi!

John Dighton, Ph.D. Cost is $45 per person. Ages Director, Rutgers Pinelands Field Station John McPhee Pine Barrens 16 & up. Pinelands Commission Today (Bus) Bill Fisher Meeting Fairs, Festivals and Senior Project Manager, Liberty Property Trust 9/28 and 10/6, 10a.m. about 5 Oct. 11th, Nov. 8th & Dec. 13th starting More Ivette Guillermo-McGahee hours. Trip meets at Pinelands at 9:30 am. Pinelands Commission, CEO, Allies in Caring Adventures, 1005 Atsion Rd, 15C Springfield Road, New Lisbon, NJ Shamong NJ Thomas Harvey Fall Float The Pinelands Commission is Attorney Join this small group driving the state agency that oversees tour to visit many places Oct. 6th from 9am to 4pm. conservation and develop- Anne E. Heasly described in John McPhee’s Historic Smithville Park, 803 ment within the Pinelands. Conservation Consultant Smithville Rd, Eastampton, NJ. landmark book The Pine They meet on the 2nd Friday Joann Held Barrens. Many of the places A free, family float festival at of the month. They need to Hopewell Valley Green Team he wrote about have remained Smithville Park! Canoe / hear from you! You can find largely unchanged because Albert Horner Kayak on the Rancocas Creek the agenda for each meeting Photographer this book challenged citizens or Smithville Lake and see the on www.nj.gov/pinelands. and political leaders to protect fall foliage as you float along. Ron Hutchinson, Ph.D. the unique Pine Barrens Associate Professor of Biology, Stockton University Paddlers will be shuttled back ecosystem and culture from to Smithville Park for food, development. Participants in Christopher Kosseff entertainment and activities Retired Rutgers Executive this tour will travel by van for all ages. Learn more at making stops and taking short www.co.burlington.nj.us. David F. Moore hikes at places like Paisley, Sponsored by the Burlington Retired Executive Director, New Jersey Conservation Apple Pie Hill, Hog Wallow Foundation County Board of Chosen and the Forks on the Mullica. Freeholders. Canoe and Loretta Pickus Kayaks provided by Pinelands Attorney Cost is $65 per person. For Adventures. ages 10 and up. Sarah Puleo Pine Barrens Jamboree Communications Specialist, U.S. General Services Administration Mullica River 101 (Paddle) Oct. 12th 10am - 4pm. Wells Mills William A. Rodio Oct. 12 & 27, 1:30 p.m. Meet at Park, 905 Wells Mills Road, Attorney Pinelands Adventures, 1005 Atsion Waretown 08758 Rd, Shamong NJ Jessica Rittler Sanchez, Ph.D. Take part in celebrating the Regional Planner Take a 3 hour trip down the people, traditions and rich history of the NJ Pine Barrens. Betty Wilson Mullica River from First Retired Public Servant Beach to Beaver Dam with Stretch out and relax in your Do you have an event that takes guide and naturalist John beach chair and listen to the place in the Pinelands? Paula Yudkowitz Volpa. Participants will get a sounds of the Pines as some of Let us know so we can put it on Retired Public Health Nutritionist Pine Barrens Primer by the most famous local musi- our calendar. exploring the river for an cians from Albert Music Hall Carleton K. Montgomery overview of Pine Barrens perform. Take a scenic paddle Email: Executive Director, Pinelands Preservation Alliance habitats, history and plants around Wells Mills Lake, go [email protected] and animals. on a nature walk, sit in on a with the details. 7 Address Service Requested Pinelands Preservation Alliance Nonprofit Organization U.S. Postage Bishop Farmstead PAID 17 Pemberton Road Permit #12 Southampton, NJ 08088 Vincentown, NJ.

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