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- But as virgin forests and richer sources of ore opened up to the west, our society largely abandoned the Pine Barrens, allowing the forest to recover and reclaim many of the villages scattered throughout the region for nature.
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Rather than farm, European settlers exploited the Pine Barrens for its natural resources of timber, bog iron and sand. But as virgin forests and richer sources of ore opened up to the west, our society largely abandoned the Pine Barrens, allowing the forest to recover and reclaim many of the villages scattered throughout the region for nature.
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European settlement. During the 17th century, the area that is now New Jersey was explored and settled by the Swedish and Dutch, who developed whaling and fishing settlements mainly along the Delaware River.
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Introduction Geologic History of the Pines Hunting for the Elusive Amoeba in the Pine Barrens Porosity and Drainage Rate of Soils Soil Analysis Mines in the Pines
Introduction Early Industries of the Pine Barrens Journal Writing One Good Deed Back Then in the NJ Pine Barrens Pine Barrens Legends Presentation Protection in the Pines
Introduction Relief Mapping of Pine Barrens’ Watersheds Aquifer Construction and Investigation Water Quality in the Pine Barrens Sample Field Trip for Water Quality Surveys Zoning Change Town Meeting
Introduction Species Area Curve Exploring Biodiversity in the Pines Decomposition & Resource Value Serrotiny in the Pines Bears, Berries and Barrens
Introduction Population Circle To Build or Not to Build Pinelands, Land Use and Disturbance Indicators Built Environment Field Trip The Preserve Town Meeting
We can think of the Pine Barrens as being made up, primarily, of three distinct kinds of communi-ties: uplands, lowlands and aquatic communities. These broad categories are learning devices we invent; lots of the natural areas, especially transi-tional or “ecotone” areas, don’t fit neatly into these three broad categories, but have characteristics ...
Looking at a map, you can see that most of the Rivers and Streams in the Pine Barrens flow east into the estuaries and bays along the Atlantic. One river, the Rancocas Creek, flows west to the Delaware River. These are all slow-moving streams and rivers, fed by rains and the Kirkwood-Cohansey aquifer. These rivers and streams, when undisturbed by h...
Estuaries are very productive because rivers deposit nutrients into estuaries. These nutrients are not immediately lost in the vast waters of the sea, but are temporarily trapped in the cycles of the estuary. In addition, estuaries typically encompass a great variety of habitats, since the meeting of fresh and salt water within a partially enclosed...
organisms, especially phytoplankton. Bay islands: There are about 165 islands. Islands are dynamic as they are created, destroyed and changed by erosion from ocean tides and boat wakes, and by rising sea levels. There are two kinds of islands in Barnegat Bay: natural sedge islands and human-made dredge spoil islands. Sedge islands consist of marsh ...
It appears that eelgrass beds have diminished in recent times. This may be due to several human factors, including nutrient-induced phytoplankton production that lowers the clarity of water, allowing less sunlight to penetrate to the plants that need light for photosynthesis. As we will discuss in the section on Human Impacts and Conservation, dise...
Oct 31, 2019 · By 1869, the iron industry in the Pine Barrens had disappeared, and the once-bustling towns there fell into decay. The forest soon began to reclaim the land that was once an engine of...
- Henry Blodget
May 30, 2019 · Kudos to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection for taking action to restore Atlantic white cedar forests, 400 years after the first European settlers began cutting them down. Public drinking water supplies and Pine Barrens wildlife will both reap the benefits.
• 1624 European exploration of coastal inlets and bays reported. • 1674 Earliest permanent European settlers occupy area north of present Burlington County line. • 1700–1760 Many hamlets and coastal towns settled based on shipbuilding, commerce and timber-based trades.
In many cases these early settlers suppressed fires whenever possible, resulting shortly thereafter in the encroachment of trees and shrubs into portions of the plains. Despite their name, the pine barrens are neither barren nor a monoculture of pines.
