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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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America’s<br />

<strong>Pine</strong>lands National Reserve<br />

The first step to understanding the maritime<br />

cultural landscapes of the <strong>Pine</strong>lands<br />

National Reserve is to consider how<br />

<strong>Pine</strong>lands watersheds relate to the<br />

surrounding regional area.<br />

<strong>Pine</strong>lands National Reserve (PNR)<br />

encompasses over one-million acres of<br />

farms, forests and wetlands. PNR is<br />

classified as a United States Biosphere<br />

Reserve. In 1978 PNR was established as the<br />

United States first National Reserve.<br />

Delaware River<br />

Delaware River Ports<br />

Delaware River<br />

Mount<br />

Holly<br />

<strong>Pine</strong>lands<br />

National<br />

Reserve<br />

Atlantic<br />

Ocean<br />

Atlantic<br />

Ocean<br />

PNR waters drains West into the Delaware<br />

River tidal estuary via the tidal segment of<br />

the Rancocas Creek and West Jersey tidal<br />

waterways. PNR other waters drain East into<br />

the Atlantic Ocean. PNR southern waters<br />

drain into the Delaware Bay.<br />

Port of<br />

Atlantic<br />

Ocean<br />

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