New Jersey

    

    

      Mist brushes the top of the Water Gap. NPS Photo MJ.

 


  • Forests of the Garden State:  Resource Bull. NE-163. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station. 20 p.: RB-NE-163.  A report on the fourth forest inventory of New Jersey conducted in 1998-99 by the Forest Inventory and Analysis unit of the Northeastern Research Station. Discusses the current condition and changes from previous inventories for forest area, timber volume, tree species, and growth and removals. Graphics depict data at the state level and by county where appropriate.  http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/9545  http://www.fs.fed.us/ne/newtown_square/publications/resource_bulletins/pdfs/2005/ne_rb163 
  • Saddler's Woods - (formerly  Macarthur Woods) has a new website address at: http://www.saddlerswoods.org  The mission of Saddler's Woods Conservation Association is to restore and preserve Saddler's Woods through active site management, to promote its appreciation through community education programs, and to cooperate with public agencies, volunteer associations and other nonprofit organizations to ensure Saddler's Woods remains a natural legacy for future generations. Saddler's Woods contains a small pocket of forest with many trees between 100 and 300 years old and is one of the last old growth forests. Saddler's Woods is an Appalachian-Oak Forest which consists of White Oak, Northern Red Oak, Black Oak, Chestnut Oak, Tulip Tree, Birch, Red Maple, Sugar Maple, American Beech and three Hickories: Shagbark, Pignut and Mockernut.
  • http://www.westcaldwell.com/40501CucumberMagnolia.htm The West Caldwell Centennial Rededication of the Cucumber Magnolia Tree - Friendly's Restaurant, 32 Bloomfield Avenue, West Caldwell, NJ 07006