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NJ Pine Barrens Maritime-Culture-Landscape 1 1 2024

Pine Barrens forests, striking waterways, narrow lakes, bogs, ghost towns, furnaces and more. NJ Pinelands National Reserve landscape tells the tale of a time when glaciers covered this land, when ship-building towns ruled, when Ben Franklin spoke of preserving the one million acres of the Pine Barrens, when pirates sailed and where NJ sets the standard of heritage. This 500 page presentation of the Pinelands National Reserve maritime cultural landscapes, shows a great expanse of time. It includes six major Pinelands National Reserve watersheds: Rancocas Creek, Toms River, Mullica River, Great Egg Harbor River, Maurice River, Cohansey River. Explore, discover, enjoy a peek into the Pinelands National Reserve fascinating maritime landscapes, more often forgotten than remembered. A step back in time, a step forward to the future.

Pine Barrens forests, striking waterways, narrow lakes, bogs, ghost towns, furnaces and more.
NJ Pinelands National Reserve landscape tells the tale of a time when glaciers covered this land, when ship-building towns ruled, when Ben Franklin spoke of preserving the one million acres of the Pine Barrens, when pirates sailed and where NJ sets the standard of heritage. This 500 page presentation of the Pinelands National Reserve maritime cultural landscapes, shows a great expanse of time. It includes six major Pinelands National Reserve watersheds: Rancocas Creek, Toms River, Mullica River, Great Egg Harbor River, Maurice River, Cohansey River. Explore, discover, enjoy a peek into the Pinelands National Reserve fascinating maritime landscapes, more often forgotten than remembered. A step back in time, a step forward to the future.

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Acknowledgements and Conventional Wisdom<br />

It takes many drops to make a water drop.<br />

Its our pleasure to acknowledge a multi-faceted collaborative debt to many<br />

others. Chicken may he RIP,<br />

to the ole men and gracious ladies alike, a cast of<br />

1001 professional educators, expert historians, naturally naturalists, willing<br />

buccaneers, alacritous swashbucklers and a fine tip of the hat to citizens.<br />

It is our hope by illuminating the MCL’s of <strong>NJ</strong>’s <strong>Pine</strong>lands National Reserve that<br />

this pathway enhances public awareness and promotes public access of the <strong>Pine</strong><br />

<strong>Barrens</strong> National Reserve hidden past. The keystone of preservation that what is<br />

past, is now present so as to preserve is for our future.<br />

As credit is given it is credit given to all whose generosity w time, wisdom and<br />

knowledge focused on a common goal that our heritage, its stories, its myth,<br />

fables and its mystery’s is enjoyed and contributes to all.<br />

Rancocas Pathways 23

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