The Real Poop
If you lead nature walks, are a wildlife biologist, a trapper, an exterminator, a hunter, or a wildlife watcher you probably have a working knowledge of scat. We’re not talking […]
The Great Outdoors
For the Birds
Sometime prior to 1984, famed birder and Down Jersey resident Pete Dunne came up with the idea of a massive birding competition—a spring fling of sorts—celebrating the return of many
Cue the Chorus
One person’s idea of a noisy racket is another’s favorite rock band. By and large I have a real aversion to noise. On the other hand, I’m a sucker for
Drum Run, Please
As I drive the Bayshore Heritage Byway I have noticed an oddity of sorts in Goshen: An angler has been hanging fish carcasses from a telephone pole’s support cable, the
Focus on ‘Binocs’
One of the phenomena that the COVID pandemic has caused is an increase in people’s interest in the out-of-doors and nature. Quite a few people have taken to the trails
Holly Wood in the Pines
On the first day of spring CU held a number of tours at the newly acquired “Holly Farm” property. In a previous article we related that this 1,350-acre property had
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Small But Mighty
We had lived on the Maurice River for about five years when we got new neighbors. They had built their house, constructed of fine sticks and rather wispy, about 25
Winter …into Spring
The time has come to practice your Monday Morning Quarterback skills. Not the weekend after the big game, but six weeks post-event. The “prognosticator of prognosticators, the seer of seers”
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Truth or Stretch
Each culture and region has legendary stories linked to people that are passed on as oral tradition from generation to generation. With proper enthusiasm, hyperbole, inventiveness, and seasoning they evolve
National Recognition
The South Jersey Bayshore Coalition nominated our State’s Bayshore Heritage Scenic Byway for consideration as a “National Scenic Byway.” In mid-February the Coalition received word that we have been approved
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