Preserving the Pines: Ecology & Conservation

Trail Tails: How Your Dog Affects Ground-Nesting Birds

A golden retriever on a leash sniffs near a hidden bird nest with speckled eggs along a sandy trail in the Pine Barrens, with an owner’s legs and pine trees in the background.

Leash-smart tips and trail timing hacks help you enjoy dog-friendly Wading Pines while safeguarding Pine Barrens ground-nesting birds, rare frogs, and hidden nests.

Fungal Mycorrhizae: Hidden Root Alliances of Pitch Pines

Close-up of pitch pine roots and white mycorrhizal fungi on sandy forest floor with small mushrooms and blurred pine trees in the background.

Uncover the Pine Barrens’ hidden Wi-Fi—mycorrhizal fungi that feed pitch pines—and learn hands-on ways to spot, study, and protect this underground network during your next stay at Wading Pines.

Beaver Dams Balance Chatsworth Pine Barrens Hydrology—Here’s How

A small beaver dam built from sticks and logs spans a calm, tea-colored stream surrounded by pine trees, moss, and sandy soil in the Pine Barrens near Chatsworth, New Jersey, at sunrise with soft mist and warm sunlight filtering through the forest.

Discover how Pine Barrens beavers near Wading Pines turn trickling streams into flood-proof, wildlife-rich ponds—and get maps, kid-friendly science hacks, and low-impact paddling tips for your visit.

Lichens: Natural Air Quality Monitors Along Chatsworth Roads

Close-up of pale green lichen growing on a pine branch beside a rural road in the New Jersey Pine Barrens, with blurred trees and asphalt in the background.

Turn your next Wading Pines adventure into a vibrant, 15-minute science quest as roadside lichens reveal real-time air quality, photo hotspots and kid-friendly discoveries.

How ATV Noise Endangers Lake Atsion’s Nesting Waterfowl

An ATV drives along a sandy trail beside a misty lakeshore, startling mallards and Canada geese from their nests among reeds in a pine forest setting.

Discover how simple ATV tweaks, mindful trail choices, and kid-friendly silence games can protect Lake Atsion’s nesting ducks while keeping your Pine Barrens adventure thrilling.

Forktail Damselfly Reintroduction Thrives in Chatsworth Streams

Eastern Forktail damselfly resting on a dewy grass blade near a clear stream in a pine barrens wetland, with soft morning light and blurred reeds in the background

Discover how neon-blue Eastern Forktail damselflies are lighting up Chatsworth’s Pine Barrens streams again, and learn the best spots, times and simple actions to see and safeguard them during your next Wading Pines getaway.

Seven-Mile Traveler: Radio-Tracking Chatsworth’s Northern Pine Snake

Northern pine snake with radio transmitter moves across sandy pine-needle forest floor, with blurred pine trees and researcher’s boot in the background.

Follow radio beeps through New Jersey’s Pine Barrens to discover roaming Northern Pine Snakes, learn safe snake-spotting tips, and turn your campground visit into real conservation science.

Pitch Pine Pathogens After Chatsworth Fire: Safe Trails Guide

Hiker examining a young pitch pine sapling with a magnifying glass on a sandy woodland trail in the Pine Barrens, surrounded by fire-scorched trees and subtle signs of fungal infection, in soft early morning light.

Discover how the newly scorched Pine Barrens balance rebirth and hidden pathogens, and learn the simple steps that keep your next Wading Pines adventure safe, educational, and spore-free.

Can Tour Groups Harm Chatsworth’s Least Shrew Habitat?

A least shrew stands on pine needles and sandy soil in a forest clearing, with a blurred group of hikers walking along a trail in the background amid pitch pines and scrub oaks, bathed in warm afternoon sunlight.

Learn how right-sized tours, quiet steps, and citizen science keep Franklin Parker Preserve wild while sparing the thumb-sized least shrew beneath your boots.

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