New Jersey Pine Barrens

The Pinelands National Reserve is the largest forested area on the Eastern Seaboard between Maine and the Florida Everglades. Pine Barrens and Pinelands are used interchangeably by some, but they each have different meanings. The Pine Barrens is an ecological term that is used to described habitats that are comprised of sandy nutrient poor soils, acidic water and soil and fire adapted plant communities. The Pinelands is a political term that describes the 1.1 million acres in south Jersey that is governed by the NJ Pinelands commission.

SJCC - South Jersey Camera Club

My home photography club. Dedicated to promote the art and science of photography. Among its goals is the desire to unite others in sharing similar interests, to exchange ideas and photographic expertise, and to enhance the skills of club members. Serving the southern part of New Jersey.

South Jersey Trails - Pine Barrens

It’s hundreds of square miles of pine trees, the more subtle beauty of a pitch pine, the reclaimed cranberry bog, the plants that live only in the pines, the nearly forgotten ruins of once prosperous towns. It’s the wild flowers, abandoned tracks, the cedar water, the iron slag, the cedar swamps, and the wildlife from pine snakes to coyotes to bald eagles.