Rick Prickett, Carleton Montgomery and the late Governor Brendan Byrne speaking at an event in 2006.

Reflections on theCreation of PPA . . . . . . 3

Protecting the Pinesfrom illegal ORVs . . . 4

BOMARC Missile SiteContamination . . . . . . 6

Pinelands Events . . . . 7 Good Things Coming to the Pinelands Commission

June / July 2019

Volume 26

Number 3

continued on page 5

by Becky Free, Director of Communications and Membership

Governor Murphy continues to make animpact on the Pinelands Commission thissummer. The Governor now has fivenominations waiting for Senate approvaland he appointed a new Chair in themonth of May. The Governor has beenbusy!

The state Pinelands Commission is theagency charged with overseeing conservation and growth in the PinelandsNational Reserve. It is comprised of fifteen members, seven of whom areappointed by the governor with Senateapproval, one appointed by each of theseven Pinelands Counties (Atlantic,Burlington, Camden, Cape May,Cumberland, Gloucester, Ocean), andone federal representative from theDepart-ment of the Interior. Members ofthe Commission serve staggered three-year terms, but, once their terms expire,they continue in office until replaced orthey resign.

Pinelands Commissioners oversee all

development activities regulated by thePinelands Comprehensive ManagementPlan (CMP). They play a crucial role inthe protection of this special place.

On May 15, Governor Murphy appointedCommissioner Richard H. Prickett toserve as Chair of the PinelandsCommission, replacing Sean Earlen whohad served as chair since his appointmentby Governor Christie in January 2016.

Rick Prickett is an outstanding choice forChair of the Pinelands Commission. He isa naturalist with deep knowledge ofPinelands ecology. He is also an eminently thoughtful person when itcomes to important policy and development issues coming before theCommission.

“I am proud to announce the designationof Richard Prickett as the Chair of thePinelands Commission,” said GovernorMurphy in his official statement.“Richard’s experience serving on theCommission, coupled with his extensive

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Inside ThePinelands

Published six times ayear by the PinelandsPreservation Alliance

Executive EditorCarleton Montgomery

EditorBecky Free

PPA StaffRichard Bizub

Isabella CastiglioniTom Dunn

Rhyan GrechAudra HardoonJason HowellAlicia Plaag

Ryan RebozoJaclyn Rhoads

Stephen SebastianJane Wiltshire

Pinelands AdventuresRob Ferber

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In May we launched a new mobilefriendly website. This project has been afew years in the making and we are veryexcited to share it with you.

Our goal has always been to be your bestsource of information about NewJersey’s Pinelands and we believe thiswebsite does that. You can still find usat www.pinelandsalliance.org!

Our new website features high quality images and easy to find information about visiting the Pines, itshistory and culture, its ecology and howyou can protect it.

We have also made it easier for you toget involved. You can sign up to helpwith stewardship projects in the Pines,join the Pinelands Action Network andshare information easily with your social networks.

Future additions to the website include asearchable scientific Pinelands plantsdatabase and a catalog of plants native tothe Pinelands and South Jersey that youcan use in your own backyard.

We are always adding information toour event calendar so you have aresource for the latest trips, volunteeropportunities and programs that arehappening in and around the Pines.This calendar has some sweet functionsincluding the option to add events toyour own digital calendar and shareevents on Facebook to spread the word.

Help us keep our calendar up to date!Email program descriptions with title,description, location and cost toBecky@pinelandsalliance.org.

Please take some time to visitwww.pinelandsalliance.org and let usknow what you think. Websites are ahuge amount of work and we can alwaysimprove it.

Speaking of what to do in the Pines -summer is a great time to get out on aPinelands river. Pinelands Adventuresoffers canoeing and kayaking on the

Batsto and Mullica rivers and guidedPine Barrens paddling, nature and history tours in Wharton State Forest.We are so proud to see how it has grownsince we launched it in 2015.

For three years in a row PinelandsAdventures has received the TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence. Checkout some of their reviews like this onefrom June 25:

Another outstanding paddling trip!Pinelands Adventures just keeps gettingbetter and better with innovations eachyear. I've been kayaking with them for several years and each and every tripis...simply...perfect. It doesn't matterwhether paddling the Batsto or theMullica, the venue is gorgeous in all seasons. But what makes PinelandsAdventures the best is the staff's knowledge, professionalism and kindness.They really want you to have a terrifictrip!

Pinelands Preservation AllianceLaunches a New Website!

Explore the PinelandsNational Reserve

with Pinelands Adventures!

Guided and unguided trips on theBatsto River, bus tours, hikes,canoe lessons and more. Fun for the whole family!

Visit www.PinelandsAdventures.org toplan your next adventure.

Pinelands Adventures1005 Atsion Rd.

Shamong, NJ 08088609-268-0189

Pinelands Adventures is an initiative of thePinelands Preservation Alliance and our members

get 10% off all trips and programs.

Located within beautiful Wharton State Forest.

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Reflections on the Creation of the Pinelands Preservation Alliance

Passage of the Pinelands Protection Act in1979 was a great victory for preservationof the New Jersey Pinelands. The newstate law along with the 1978 federal lawset in motion what environmentalactivists had worked toward for decades.Reaching the goal was celebrated as theastonishing achievement it was.

However, trouble was brewing almostimmediately. Attacks on the law and onthe Commission and its regulations beganright away and they continued throughout the first decade after thePinelands Protection Act became law.Some powerful officials and private interests were fiercely opposed. Townspushed for more growth and resisted theCommission’s new rules. Public hearingson the Comprehensive ManagementPlan, the regulatory structure requiredunder the federal law, were attended bylarge, angry crowds. Sometimes they feltdangerous.

While the environmental communityand its allies rallied to counter the oppo-nents, concerns rose among New Jersey environmental organizations that nonewas able to spend what was needed tomonitor the Pinelands Commission andthe activities of its opponents. Throughthe 1980’s New Jersey ConservationFoundation (NJCF) had a full time staffperson, Michele Byers (now ExecutiveDirector of NJCF), assigned to thePinelands. However, it became clear thatmuch more was needed as a counter-weight to the powerful organized forcesseeking repeal of the Pinelands ProtectionAct, dissolution of the ComprehensiveManagement Plan and destruction of theNew Jersey Pinelands.

NJCF was not going to let that happen!They had a record of leadership in protecting the Pinelands and once again,they stepped up. Executive DirectorDavid Moore and Michele Byers pulledtogether a group of interested people tofigure out how to move forward to assureongoing advocacy and support for thePinelands Protection Act and the Plan.

They hired me as a consultant to help thegroup decide its mission and chart a pathforward.

This group’s work led to the incorporationof the Pinelands Preservation Alliance, anon-profit organization whose sole mission would be protection of the NewJersey Pinelands. Initially the organizationwas envisioned as an alliance of the majorenvironmental organizations in the State.Among the first Board of Trustees weresuch prominent people as Buntzie Ellis-Churchill, President of the World AffairsCouncil in Philadelphia, Dr. BerylRobichaud-Collins, author of Protectingthe New Jersey Pinelands: A New Directionin Land Use Management, and HowardBoyd, Pine Barrens naturalist and authorof A Field Guide to the Pine Barrens ofNew Jersey.

PPA started out in makeshift office spaceat Elizabeth White’s house in WhitesbogVillage. The first Chairman of the Boardwas Michael Huber and the first ExecutiveDirector was Sally Price. With Boardmember Alex Keer’s generous gift in 1993,PPA was able to buy a former bank building in Pemberton Borough wherethe offices were located until 2004.Carleton Montgomery, who had beennamed Executive Director in 1998, andBoard Chair David Moore led the Boardin the next bold step. PPA purchased thehistoric Bishop-Irick Farmstead inSouthampton, its current home. PPA wasnow “on the map” as a serious environmental organization.

Pinelands Preservation Alliance is theleading advocate for Pinelands preserva-tion, monitoring the Commission’s adherence to the ComprehensiveManagement Plan, supporting theCommission when appropriate andsounding the alarm when necessary. Inthe beginning, some of the work requireddefending the very existence of thePinelands Commission and resisting pressures to dilute its power and eliminateit altogether. More recently, the work ofPPA has been all too often the “sounding

of the alarm” that the Commission has lostits way through our advocacy and goingto Court when we must. The original purpose of PPA continues to be its centralwork – in the words of David Moore, to“give voice to public concerns for preservation.”

Editor’s Note: Original PPA Board members who have served continuously onthe Board of Trustees to the present areMichael Gallaway and David Moore.Former Governor Brendan Byrne served asHonorary Chair of the Board until hisdeath last year.

by Betty Wilson, Trustee of the Pinelands Preservation Alliance

15th Annual Tour de PinesOct. 2 to Oct . 6 , 2019Tour New Jersey’s largest

wilderness by bike!

Ride as many days as youwish for $45.

The Tour de Pines is a greatway to make new friends andsee the Pinelands NationalReserve. This year featuresrides through farms, forestsand the coast.Rides range from 40-55 mileswith average speeds of 11-13mph. Shorter loops availableon some of the days.

Locations:10/2 - White Horse Winery

10/3 - Laurita Winery10/4 - Estell Manor Park

10/5 - Bass River State Forest10/6 - PPA Offices

To learn more visit our website:

www.TourdePinesNJ.org

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Pinelands Preservation Alliance, incooperation with our partners, isleading a campaign to reduce thedamage done by illegal and irresponsible off-road vehicles(ORVs) to critical species habitat,roads, historic sites, and scenic areasof the Pinelands.

This campaign has had many difficulties, but new leadership inTrenton and at the PinelandsCommission brings renewed optimism that the Pine Barrens’many public nature preserves can beprotected from illegal off-roading.Our goal is to make parks andforests safe for native flora andfauna, and to improve the experi-ence for visitors who come to enjoythese public lands responsibly,whether on foot, or horseback, onbikes – or in motorized vehicles.

PPA is pressing the New JerseyDepartment of EnvironmentalProtection (NJDEP) and thePinelands Commission to adoptbadly-needed policy changes. Thekey points are:

Publicly designate the sand roadsthat are permissible for motorizedvehicles, based on whether they arein a safe condition, provide access tovulnerable habitats, and are genuinepublic roads (rather than illegalpaths cut by off-roaders).

Advertise and enforce these desig-nations. That includes educatingjudges and other state and local lawenforcement officials about what is(and is not) lawful use of publiclands.

Ensure that all motorized vehicleevents have required permits, arekept to appropriate routes, and stickto the approved routes. Jeep andmotorcycle events can bring hundreds of vehicles into statelands.

Block access to areas being illegally driven through where necessary to prevent damage andenable to forest to recover.

Provide law enforcement capacityto protect these large public landsand the people who are trying toenjoy them responsibly.

PPA and its volunteers and partnersare achieving on-the-ground successes through stewardshipwork. Recent projects include “FirstBeach” on the Mullica River inWharton State Forest, where ORVshad eroded the riverbank for adecade or more. In the summer of2018, PPA volunteers, working inpartnership with Wharton StateForest, erected motor-vehicle barriers that have completelystopped vehicle intrusion on theriverbank.

In Brendan T. Byrne State Forest,working in partnership with NJ Fishand Wildlife and NJ Parks andForests, PPA volunteers erectedvehicle barriers and installed signsat a critical snake habitat locationthat dirt bikes and all-terrain vehicles had torn up illegally.

PPA, the Rancocas Conservancyand the New Jersey ConservationFoundation are reversing damagedone by illegal off-roading on a 200-acre privately owned tract of landnear Whitesbog Village. This tract,named the Bucks Cove RunPreserve, was recently purchased bythe Rancocas Conservancy for responsible public enjoyment andhabitat preservation.

At the New Jersey ConservationFoundation’s Candace AshmunPreserve, with funding from theNature Conservancy of New Jersey,we have planted approximately 2000native shrubs and trees near a largepond damaged by off-road vehicles

along the Middle Branch of theForked River. These projects arerarely a one-time endeavor, becauseoff-roaders often come back todestroy barriers and tear outrestoration plantings.

Each project requires persistentmonitoring and maintenance.Without a dedicated group of volunteers and committed partnerorganizations we would not be ableto succeed. At the future Bucks CoveRun Preserve, one off-roader rippedout over 30 saplings planted by volunteers along the edge of adenuded pond. Vehicle barriers andposted signs were chain sawed anddestroyed, and riders drove straightinto the wetlands, a sensitive paleo-dune, and the stream corridor.

We will continue to work withNJDEP, our partners, and environmentally conscious vehicleuser-groups to create a more comprehensive solution for theORV issue on state land. We alsohope to work more closely with law-enforcement and provide them withthe on-the-ground information thatthey need to contribute to the solution. With the help of volun-teers, state officials, and our conservation partners, thePinelands will continue to be ahaven for public recreation, wildthings, and beautiful places.

Update: Protecting the Pines from Illegal Off-Roadingby Jason Howell, Stewardship Coordinator

Pinelands Commission Attend a Pinelands Commission

meeting - the public is welcome andneeded! Next meeting dates:

Aug. 9 & Sept. 13, 9:30 amLocation:

15 Springfield Road New Lisbon, NJ 08064

Ph: (609) 894-7300www.nj.gov/pinelands

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Good Things Coming to the Pinelands Commission

background in environmental science, make him an exceptionalindividual to serve in this criticalleadership position.”

In May, the Governor nominatedJessica Rittler Sanchez and JenniferCoffey to serve on the PinelandsCommission. He also nominatedCommissioner Edward Lloyd forreappointment. Mr. Lloyd has beenserving on an expired term for quitesome time.

Jennifer Coffey is a strong voice forthe protection of water resources inNew Jersey. Ms. Coffey is executivedirector of the Association of NewJersey Environmental Commissions(ANJEC), an organization that supports the states’ many municipalenvironmental commissions in protecting natural resourcesthrough the local government planning and permitting processes.Prior to assuming this position, Ms.Coffey worked for 10 years as thepolicy director for the WatershedInstitute, previously known as theStony Brook-Millstone WatershedAssociation. She is a member of theNew Jersey State Water SupplyAdvisory Council and the NewJersey Society of Women Environ-mental Professionals. Ms. Coffeywould replace Bob Barr, whoresigned from the Commission.

Jessica Rittler Sanchez, Ph.D., is aregional planner specializing inwater resource policy and manage-ment. She worked for the DelawareRiver Basin Commission until herretirement in 2018. A Rutgers graduate (MCRP, Ph.D.) andPinelands resident from Tabernacle,Ms. Sanchez has focused her careeron New Jersey’s water resourceissues. She has been a member of theboard of trustees for the PinelandsPreservation Alliance since 2007.Ms. Sanchez was nominated to

replace Gary Quinn, who was select-ed by Governor Christie in 2011.

Edward Lloyd was appointed as aPinelands Commissioner in 2002,and he is a dedicated and strongadvocate for the Pinelands. Mr.Lloyd is a lawyer, professor, anddirector for the Columbia LawEnvironmental Clinic. His experience is invaluable and criticalto the Pinelands Commission.

In June, just before this newsletterwent to press, Governor Murphynominated Robert Jackson to serveon the state Pinelands Commission.

Mr. Jackson would replaceCommissioner D’Arcy Rohan-Green. Robert “Bob” Jackson is afamiliar face having served on theCommission from 2008 to 2015before Governor Christie replacedhim during the very controversialbattle over the South Jersey Gaspipeline project.

A resident of Middle Township inCape May County, Robert Jacksonserved as the Mayor of West CapeMay from 2001-2005. Mr. Jacksonhas a background in marine environmental studies and is a former owner of a surf-fishing center. Bob served the Commissionwith great distinction and has a deepunderstanding of the PinelandsComprehensive Management Plan.He will be a strong addition to theCommission when confirmed.

Governor Murphy now has fivenominations to the state PinelandsCommission pending with theSenate Judiciary Committee. InJanuary, the Governor nominatedTheresa Lettman to succeedCandace McKee Ashmun. CandyAshmun is the last of the originalmembers still serving on theCommission, founded forty yearsago in 1979.

The state Senate must approve theGovernor's nominations to thePinelands Commission before theycan serve. We expect the Senate totake action soon and confirm thesehighly qualified individuals.

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Call for Artists!3rd Annual

Pinelands JuriedPhotography

ExhibitShare your images taken within theboundaries of the PinelandsNational Reserve! Landscape, flora,wildlife, and people will be accepted.

The exhibit will hang at our offices.

Registration deadline Sept. 15th!

Categories:Open SubmissionsStudent Submissions

Over $2,500 in cash prizes!

*Opening ReceptionSaturday, November 9, 2-4pm

Exhibition Dates:Nov. 10 - Dec. 14

*Awards announced at reception.

Submission guidelines are in the2019 Exhibit Prospectus

available online:

www.PinelandsPhotoExhibit.org

This is the final article in a three-partseries detailing key environmentalissues at Joint-Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst.

The history of this U.S. Air Forcemissile site located in PlumstedTownship, Ocean County is a ratherinteresting one. The late 1950's andearly 1960's were a time of high anxiety as the threat of nuclear warwas on many people's mind. Thiswas a time of deep mistrust by boththe Soviet Union and the UnitedStates. The Cuban missile crisiswould bring the two countries closer than ever before to nucleardestruction.

Starting around 1957, fearing a PearlHarbor style attack by Soviet long-range bombers, President Dwight D.Eisenhower authorized the con-struction of anti-aircraft facilitiesthroughout the United States. Thesefacilities were equipped with missiles containing nuclear war-heads that would protect the majorpopulation centers such asPhiladelphia and New York City.

The Plumsted facility, located offRoute 539 adjacent to Fort Dix, contained 56 missiles, each with anuclear warhead of 7 to 10 kilotondestructive power (the bombdropped on Hiroshima was 12 kilotons). The logic of using nucleartipped missiles was that one missilecould destroy a whole squadron ofenemy aircraft high above the earthover the ocean.

The missile, known as BOMARCwas a joint venture of Boeing andthe University of MichiganAeronautical Research Center. OnJune 7, 1960, a malfunction in ahelium tank caused a fire that consumed one of the missiles. Thefire burned for about 30 minutes butthankfully, the warhead neverexploded. Radioactive particlesfrom the fire contaminated the

facility and immediate Pine Barrens.BOMARC Base No. 1 is locatedentirely within the PreservationArea of the Pinelands. The site officially closed in 1972. During the2000's the Pinelands PreservationAlliance was a strong advocatepushing to have the plutonium-contaminated soils removed fromthe site. This was finally completedin 2007.

The missile complex is now rustedand overgrown and while the plutonium-contaminated soil wasremoved, another serious problemremains. There is widespreadgroundwater contamination fromtrichloroethylene (TCE), an organicsolvent that was widely used as adegreasing agent during the periodof facility operation.

TCE was first identified in ground-water at the site in 1986. It isbelieved that TCE entered a stormdrain on the facility and then discharged onto the ground surfaceoffsite. The TCE then percolateddown into groundwater every timeit rained. Groundwater contaminatedwith TCE is a concern since there isstrong evidence that TCE can causekidney and liver cancer.

Testing from monitoring wellsshows that this groundwater contamination plume ismassive and measuresapproximately 64 acres inarea. It has an estimatedlength of 2,759 feet and awidth of approximately1,200 feet. It continues tomove following the flowof groundwater and growin size. The plume is inthe shallow Kirkwood-Cohansey aquifer at adepth ranging from 25 to74 feet below ground surface.

The shallow Kirkwood-

Cohansey aquifer provides over 90percent of the water to local streamsand wetlands. Thankfully, there areno drinking water wells in this area.The plume extends beyond theBOMARC facility into the ColliersMill Wildlife Management Area andis discharging into Success Branch.Success Branch is a tributary of theToms River, which drains intoBarnegat Bay.

In 2018, a strategy was proposed byJoint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurstto clean up the groundwater plume.PPA has been advocating for a solution for two decades.

There is no good answer as to why ittook so long to get to this point.Unfortunately, the Joint Base hasmoved at a snail’s pace in address-ing this issue. The cleanup is esti-mated to cost $7.3 million. A signif-icant reduction in TCE contamina-tion could occur within the first 10years. However, it will take almost100 years to achieve healthyPinelands groundwater standards.

Today the dilapidated metal structures and associated ground-water contamination are vividreminders of a scary chapter in ournation's history.

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BOMARC Missile Site Contaminationby Rich Bizub, Director for Water Programs

Four of the 56 U.S. Air Force BOMARC IM-99A nuclearanti-aircraft missiles located at BOMARC Base No. 1 in

Ocean County, NJ. ©U.S. Air Force

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Calendar of EventsPinelands Trips & Events

Summer 2019BOARD OF TRUSTEES

James Barnshaw, M.D.Chair

Retired Physician

Barbara TroughtVice Chair

Community Activist

Robert L. BarrettTreasurer

Retired Banker

Michael GallawaySecretary

Sierra Club

Peter C. Adamson, M.D.The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Patricia A. ButenisAmbassador (Retired)

Timothy J. ByrneAttorney

Charles M. CarusoRetired Patent Counsel, Merck & Co., Inc.

Charles M. ChapinNew Jersey Audubon Society

Emile DeVito, Ph.D.New Jersey Conservation Foundation

John Dighton, Ph.D.Director, Rutgers Pinelands Field Station

Bill FisherSenior Project Manager, Liberty Property Trust

Ivette Guillermo-McGaheeCEO, Allies in Caring

Thomas HarveyAttorney

Anne E. HeaslyConservation Consultant

Joann HeldHopewell Valley Green Team

Albert HornerPhotographer

Ron Hutchinson, Ph.D.Associate Professor of Biology, Stockton University

Christopher KosseffRetired Rutgers Executive

David F. MooreRetired Executive Director, New Jersey Conservation

Foundation

Loretta PickusAttorney

Sarah PuleoCommunications Specialist, U.S. General Services

Administration

William A. RodioAttorney

Jessica Rittler Sanchez, Ph.D.Regional Planner

Betty WilsonRetired Public Servant

Paula YudkowitzRetired Public Health Nutritionist

Carleton K. MontgomeryExecutive Director, Pinelands Preservation Alliance

Pinelands Adventures is our outdoor recreation program!Make your reservation today.

At Pinelands Adventures youcan rent a canoe or kayak,take a guided tour, and somuch more. Join us today!Pinelands Adventures is aninitiative of PPA.

Learn more on the web:PinelandsAdventures.org

Pre-Registration is requiredfor all trips and rentals andcan be done online or by calling 609-268-0189.

Lower Batsto River GuidedTour (Paddle) Aug. 11th, 8:30 am about 7.5hours. Trip meets at PinelandsAdventures, 1005 Atsion Rd,Shamong NJ

Paddle from Quaker Bridgeon the Batsto River to BatstoLake with our knowledgeablePinelands Guide. You’llexplore on water and landwhile learning about PineBarrens habitats, history,plants and animals. Once onthe river we’ll make stopsalong the way to investigateunique Pine Barrens plantsalong the river’s edge, learnabout the role of fire in PineBarrens ecology, and historyof bog iron in the pines.

Cost is $70 PP in a Canoe/Kayak and $60 PP BYOCanoe or Kayak. For ages 8and up.*Trip is offered on other datesthough the summer. VisitPinelandsAdventures.org for acomplete list.

Mullica River 101 (Paddle)July 28th, 1:30 Meet at PinelandsAdventures, 1005 Atsion Rd,Shamong NJ

Take a 3 hour trip down theMullica River from FirstBeach to Beaver Dam withguide and naturalist JohnVolpa. Participants will get aPine Barrens Primer by

exploring the river for anoverview of Pine Barrenshabitats, history and plantsand animals.Cost is $55 PP in a Canoe and$60 Kayak and $50 PP BYOCanoe or Kayak. For ages 8and up.*Trip is offered on other datesthough the summer and fall.Visit PinelandsAdventures.orgfor a complete list.

Kayaking Lessons (Paddle)July 21 at 9am & July 27th at 1:30pm. Meet at Pinelands Adventures,1005 Atsion Rd, Shamong NJ

Learn the basics of kayakingwith ACA instructor JohnVolpa in our three hour class.This introductory program isdesigned to help you feel comfortable while learningproper paddling technique.You’ll learn to paddle on calmwater close to the edge of thelake and kayaking terminolo-gy, technique and strokes.

Cost is $60 per person. Ages12 & up. *Trip is offered on other datesthough the summer and fall.Visit PinelandsAdventures.orgfor a complete list.Burlington County FarmFairJuly 16-20th. Burlington CountyFairgrounds, 1990 Jacksonville-Jobstown Rd, Columbus NJ

Admission daily is free. Thereis so much to see and do at thefarm fair. Schedule varies besure to check the Farm Fairwebsite for daily schedule.Horses, cows, rabbits, chick-ens, sheep, goats and otheranimals are on display eachday. Get more information: BurlingtonCountyFarmFair.com

Blueberry Living HistoryDayJuly 28th 1pm - 4pm. WhitesbogVillage, 120 W. Whitesbog Rd,Browns Mills NJ

Pick blueberries, take a wagonride and more at the summer-time Living History Event!The Village comes alive withworkers and residents fromthe 1920’s. Visit Suningive, thehome of the “BlueberryQueen”. Call 609-893-4646 foradditional details. Organizedby Whitesbog Preservation

Trust. Fees: $8 ages 12 & up,$5 ages 4-11, children 3 &under are free. Family ticket$25 for two adults and chil-dren. Tickets will also be soldthe day of the event.www.whitesbog.org

RESCHEDULED!Member & Volunteer OpenHouse (PPA)August 4th from 1pm to 4pm. PPAOffices, 17 Pemberton Rd, (CR616)Southampton NJ

Our members and volunteersare invited to join us at thisspecial event just for you.Meet the staff, see the barnjust before it opens, enjoyrefreshments and more. ThePinelands Visitor Center willalso be open, with books,DVDs, clothing and otheritems. Information and a reg-istration link is posted on ourwebsite. Questions? Call 609-859-8860.

Pinelands CommissionMeeting July 12th, August 9th & Sept. 14thstarting at 9:30 am. PinelandsCommission, 15C Springfield Road,New Lisbon, NJ

The Pinelands Commission isthe state agency that overseesconservation and develop-ment within the Pinelands.They meet on the 2nd Fridayof the month. They need tohear from you! You can findthe agenda for each meetingon www.nj.gov/pinelands.

Do you have an event that takesplace in the Pinelands?

Let us know so we can put it onour calendar.

Email: becky@pinelandsalliance.org

with the details.

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ALL MEMBERS RECEIVE:w PPA membership cardw Year-long subscription to Inside the Pinelandsw PPA window stickerw 10% off at Pinelands Adventures and on PPAmerchandise

Sponsors receive a copy of The Pine Barrens: Up Close & Natural DVDPatrons receive John McPhee’s seminal book The Pine BarrensBenefactors receive The Pine Barrens of New Jersey, a photographic history of this regionChairman’s Circle members receive the book Seasons of the Pines and a personalized tour ofthe Pinelands

Inside: Reflections on the Creation of PPA - p. 3Update: Protecting the Pines from Illegal ORVs - p. 4BOMARC Missile Site Contamination - p. 6Pinelands Events - p. 7

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