“This is the bird that we spend a lot of time studying because it’s the best avian indicator of high -quality pitch pine-scrub oak barrens.” The Prarie Warbler is listed by New York state as ...

He’s been hiking in the Pine Barrens for more than 40 years. On a walk through the refuge, he whistles to an eastern towhee, one of the local bird species. “It has a call that ornithologists ...

Do you know why preserving the area’s pine barrens is so important ... for Conservation Sciences who will speak on birds of the pine barrens. The Pine Barrens are home to many rare, endangered ...

The Pine Barrens are not only a refuge for unique plants ... eastern box turtle slip through the underbrush, while rare birds like the pine warbler and the barred owl make their homes in the ...

Some Pine Barrens plants have unusual characteristics ... which look like tiny bird’s beaks. Knieskern’s beaksedge was found in a natural setting in undisturbed soil at the Franklin Parker ...

The Pine Barrens, also known as the Pinelands, is located in southeastern New Jersey. It's a sprawling ecosystem covering about 1.1 million to 1.4 million acres (445,000 to 567,000 hectares).

Encountering red-bellied turtles, toads and snakes, dozens of species of birds, smoke from a wildfire ... to see how devoted of a community the Pine Barrens has to it, and how inspiring it is ...