Documenting the Pine Barrens of New Jersey
Princeton Photography Club and Pinelands Preservation Alliance Background The Princeton Photography Club organized a trip to the Pine Barrens of New Jersey on Sunday, July 15th. We visited three sites within the Wharton State Forest. Our guide Jason Howell is from the Pinelands Preservation Alliance. The alliance is stewards of the land and supported by donations and volunteers. The Pinelands is 1.1 million acres of preserved land and a natural treasure in New Jersey. Our Tour We traveled upon old sandy roads in the depths of the Pitch Pine forest. Some of these roads are as old as the American revolutionary war. …