Harrisville Pond in Wharton State Forest

GroundwaterHydrology 101 . . . .2

Water is NotUnlimited in thePinelands . . . . . .3

Wells Can Suck thePinelands Dry . . .4

Ponds of thePinelands . . . . . .6

Pinelands Events . . 7Groundwater - An Environmental Issue

June/July 2014

Volume 21

Number 4

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by Richard Bizub, Director for Water Programs

This issue of Inside the Pinelands focuseson how groundwater withdrawals from theshallow Kirkwood-Cohansey aquifer arealtering the unique ecosystem of the area.This shallow aquifer provides more than90% of water found in all rivers, streamsand wetlands of the Pinelands. It is thelifeblood of the Pinelands.

The following three examples — andunfortunately there are more— represent agrowing problem facing the Pinelands andthe state as a whole: excessive pumping ofaquifers impacts both the ecosystem andthe long-term sustainable use of watersupplies for people. Evidence that thisproblem is growing comes not just fromanecdotal experience or a few unusuallyegregious cases, but from a body of rigorousscientific studies by the U.S. GeologicalSurvey (USGS), the Pinelands Commis-sion and others.

On a cold and snowymorning in 2003 over

350 people, mostly seniors, packed a firehouse to voice their concerns at a publichearing. The hearing was held at therequest of the Pinelands PreservationAlliance by the New Jersey Department ofEnvironmental Protection (NJDEP) toaddress a proposed state action that wouldhave a direct impact on the region's qualityof life and ecosystem.

The hearing was to determine whether ornot, the local water company should beallowed to remove an additional 95million gallons of water per year from theshallow aquifer beneath the town. Basedon testimony from the hearing, the NJDEPrecognized that there was a serious concernfor the environment. Ultimately, NJDEPcame to an agreement to allow the watercompany to drill a well in a deeper aquiferto avoid any direct impacts to the wetlands.

In a similar situation in Camden County, amunicipal supply well went on-line

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In order to appreciate the important rolethat the shallow Kirkwood-Cohanseyaquifer plays with regards to streams,wetlands and ponds in the Pinelands, it'snecessary to understand a little aboutgroundwater hydrology.

In general, the Pinelands receives about 44inches of precipitation per year. Of this,approximately 24 inches is lost back into theair by evaporation and transpiration fromvegetation. An additional 2 to 3 inchesactually runs off the land surface to thenearest water body. The reason for the lowamount of runoff is because Pinelands soilsare porous and accept water more readily. Ofthe 44 inches of totalannual precipitation,about 17 to 19 inchesactually works its wayinto the shallow aquifer.

On a regional or water-shed basis, water thatreaches the shallowaquifer then movesunderground toward anearby surface waterbody. In the Pinelands,groundwater dischargeaccounts for more than90 percent of streamflow. During times ofdrought less water will be available torecharge the aquifer, so streams and wet-lands will also receive less water.

Water withdrawn from the aquifer by wellscan drastically reduce the amount of wateravailable to feed streams and wetlands. Wellwater is used for a variety of reasons.Municipalities provide well water to theirresidents, farmers use well water to irrigatetheir crops, commercial and industrialoperations use well water, and golf coursesuse well water to keep their turf green. Someof these entities are also allowed to takewater directly out of streams for their use.Most or all of this water is lost to the ground-water system after it is used. For example,

most water used in agriculture, except fordrip-irrigation, is lost to the atmosphere.Household water is used once in our homesand then flushed down the toilet or sentdown our sink drains. From there it typical-ly goes to a wastewater treatment plant, andis then dumped either directly or indirectlyinto the ocean or Delaware River. Millionsof gallons of water per day leave thePinelands in this way. As a result, this wateris no longer available to the aquifer and inwater supply lingo is considered depletive orconsumptive.

On a local level, water withdrawals fromhigh-capacity wells can have profound

impacts on the environment. Wells lower thewater table in the area of the well. The morewater that is pumped from a well, the largerthe area that is impacted.

Depending on the local geologic properties ofthe aquifer, wells can lower the water table andassociated wetlands for thousands of feet inall directions around a well. If the rate ofpumping is high enough, streams within theinfluence of the well can dry up in a shortperiod of time. This is particularly true inSeptember when streams are typically at theirlowest. It is estimated that there are over 1,000high-capacity wells in the aquifer, with yieldsup to 4,500 gallons per minute. The impact ofthese and future wells on the Pinelands needsto be considered and addressed.

Groundwater Hydrology 101

This diagram from the United States Geological Survey shows the impact of a wellon the availability of water for plants and animals.

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Water is Not Unlimited in the PinelandsEditor’s Note: Robert Kecskes recently retiredfrom the NJ Department of EnvironmentalProtection after 35 years, 25 years ofwhichwasas Chief of theWater Supply Planning Section.

TheNew JerseyPinelandsCommission isnearing completion of the Kirkwood-Cohansey Aquifer study. The majorobjective of this study is to determinehow much water can be removed fromthe Pinelands without adversely affectingits ecological resources. Since theKirkwood-Cohansey aquifer providesover 90 percent of the water in streamsand associated wetlands, the interactionsof groundwater and stream flowmust beconsidered together. This is one of themost importantstudiesundertakenbytheCommission and will help shape howwater is used in the Pinelands in thedecades ahead.

A useful way of crudely determining if aregion’s ecological resources may benegatively affected by withdrawals ofwater from the aquifer is to first estimatehowmuchwater is flowing in the region’sstreams during periods of drought. Duetothelackofrainfallduringdrought, flowsin streams are naturally low and naturalresources that are dependent onfreshwater aremost vulnerable. Reducingflows substantially more than that whichotherwise occurs during drought cansignificantly stress fish, turtles, plants andother freshwater-dependent organisms.

It is important therefore, to considerwhether current and future groundwaterwithdrawalsmay further reduce these lowflows. Thepremisehere is that thegreaterthe reduction in drought flows as a resultof thewithdrawals, thegreater thestress tothe region’s ecological resources.

Withdrawals that cause a large fraction ofthe drought flows to be taken out of thestream or wetland will cause the mostharm to the natural resources. This isbecause substantial reductions to droughtflows will result in decreased streamdepth, increases in stream temperatures,

inability forastreamtomeander,potentiallosses in food sources, higher pollutantconcentrations, and a host of otherimpacts.

In addition, a determination has to bemade of the “depletive” and“consumptive” nature of the withdrawals.A depletive withdrawal is one thatremoves water from the resource, such asa public water supply withdrawal that isdischarged out to sea from a sewagetreatment plant or is transferred for useinto another watershed. A consumptivewithdrawal is one that removes waterfrom the resource through activities suchas agricultural or golf course irrigationwhere most of the water is lost viaevaporation and transpiration. In bothcases, the water is lost to the streams andwetlands that rely upon it.

Based on NJ Department ofEnvironmental Protection (NJDEP) data,it is estimated that thecumulativedroughtflow in the 23watershedsof thePinelandsis about 430 million gallons a day (mgd).Based on NJDEP Data Miner reports,monthly water use data, and NJDEPconsumptive use coefficients, nearly 25%of the total drought flow in the Pinelandsis presently removed by current depletiveor consumptive withdrawals. About 44%would be removed if all the waterpresently approved was used. In otherwords, on a regional scale the total flowofPinelands’ streams have been reduced bynearly one-fourth by current withdrawalsduring low rainfall periods, and nearlyone-half of the total flow in Pinelands’streams will “disappear” during futuredrought as approvedwithdrawals are fullyutilized. Local impacts of groundwaterwithdrawalswill bemuch greater.

Other issues include the potential thatsome of the individual watersheds willexperience drought flow lossessignificantly more severe than thecumulativeaveragecitedabove. Depletiveor consumptive withdrawals at already

approved amounts far exceed the totaldrought flow in some of Pinelandswatersheds. Further, it is nowacknowledged that withdrawals from thedeeper aquifers (e.g., Atlantic City 800-Foot Sands, on which the Jersey shorerelies for nearly all its water) also depletethe Kirkwood-Cohansey aquifer andreduce drought flows in Pinelandsstreams.

Another issue is the fact that the droughtflows are calculated at the bottom ofwatersheds. Drought flows furtherupstream are lower than those at thebottomofthewatershedmeaningimpactswill be greater in headwater areas.Therefore, from a planning perspective,withdrawals need to be limited so thatthey don't comprise too large a fraction ofdrought flows. What are the impacts todrought flows when the withdrawals arelocated in the headwaters? What are theimpacts of thesewithdrawals onwetlandsduring drought?

Thisregionalassessment,whilesomewhatsimplistic, raises several issues. Foremostiswhether thecurrent loss todrought flowis causing substantial stress to the naturalaquatic resources of the Pinelands.Similarly, will these losses affect otherhumanuses? Will lossof freshwater to thebrackishestuariesoutsideof thePinelandsaffectfishandshellfishpopulations?Thesequestions point out that our waterresourcesarenotunlimited,andthat thereis a delicate balance between how muchwater is available for both humanuse andthe naturalworld.

ReferencesNJDEP,NJGeologicalandWaterSurvey,UsingtheLowFlowMarginMethodtoAssessWaterAvailabilityinNewJersey’s Water-Table-Aquifer Systems, TechnicalMemorandum13-3,2013.

NJDEP, Data Miner, Open Public Records Act,http://datamine2.state.nj.us/dep/DEP_OPRA/.

NJDEP,BureauofWaterAllocation,MonthlyWaterUseData(unpublished),2003.

by Robert Kecskes

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This is a bold but true statementbased in science and real examples.One thing that is clear from thePinelands Commission's Kirk-wood-Cohansey Aquifer Study isthat pumping from wells can alterwetlands and intermittent ponds inprofound ways. The $5.5 milliondollar study looked at what ecologi-cal changes could be expected frompumping. The findings are startling.

Both stream flows and wetlands areaffected by nearby wells. And waterlevels in wetlands are even moresensitive to both groundwater with-drawal rate and well locations thanstream flows are. This means thatchanges in stream flow as a result ofpumping are only a part of the storyand maybe not the biggest part. Forexample, at the sub-watershed scale,by removing just 10% of the waterthat gets into the aquifer from rainand snow, it is expected that almost10% of the wetlands will dry up. Yetchanges in stream flow would largelygo unnoticed. Removing 30% ofrecharge is expected to result inabout 30% of the sub-watershed'swetlands drying up, and reductionsin stream flow becomemore apparent.

PPA applied the findings of theKirkwood-Cohansey Study to thewhole Pinelands area to assessvulnerabilities to wetlands based onthe current amount of pumping.Taking into consideration precipita-tion, recharge, land-use, wetlandsand total pumping per sub-water-shed, this is what we found. Of the223 sub-watersheds in the Pine-lands, 38 already have pumping inthe range of 10% to 52% of recharge.This means that vast areas of wet-lands are changing ecologically orare drying up. During times ofdrought, the number of watershedsexceeding 10% of recharge increasesto 43 sub-watersheds. Not surpris-ingly, in the Preservation Area,

where groundwater withdrawals arestrictly regulated, wetland impactsare minimal because withdrawalsare typically less than 1% ofrecharge.

To check our regional approach tolooking at existing wetland impacts,PPA conducted a more detailedassessment of three areas of thePinelands. Using a model developedby the United States GeologicalSurvey (USGS) for the PinelandsCommission as part of theKirkwood-Cohansey Study, Dr.Amy Karpati, PPA’s Director ofConservation Science, applied themodel to the following areas:Evesham/Medford, HammontonTownship and Little Egg Harbor/Tuckerton. The model estimates thenumber of acres of wetlands thatwill experience a certain amount ofwater level decline.

For the Evesham/Medford area,water level declines in wetlands arevery low relative to the other twoareas. The reasons for this are thatthe public supply wells in this areawithdraw water from deeperaquifers and do not use the shallowKirkwood-Cohansey aquifer. Also,Evesham receives some of its drink-ing water from the Delaware River.In addition, there are very few agri-cultural wells. Using a water leveldecline of six inches as a critical eco-logical threshold, less than 1% of thewetlands are experiencing thisamount of decline.

The Little Egg Harbor/Tuckertonarea draws water from the shallowKirkwood-Cohansey aquifer. Inaddition, the USGS estimates that27% of the water withdrawn fromanother aquifer, the Atlantic City800-Foot Sands, comes from theKirkwood-Cohansey aquifer. Thusboth aquifers needed to beconsidered. Using six inches of

water level decline in wetlands as athreshold, approximately 6% of thewetlands in the area wouldexperience this amount of decline.

Wetlands in the Hammonton areashow the greatest effects of ground-water withdrawals because ofmunicipal supply wells and over 100agricultural wells that use the shal-low aquifer. It is estimated thatapproximately 24% of the wetlandsin the Hammonton area are experi-encing a decline of approximatelysix inches. In some locations asmuch as 67% of wetlands are experi-encing this amount of decline.

So the key facts are in from theKirkwood-Cohansey Study, and it'snot good news for wetlands and thePinelands as a whole. It is now up tothe Commission to use the findingsof their study to protect wetlands forwhat they are, a unique and impor-tant ecosystem of the Pinelands thatsupports both people and wildlife.

Wells Can Suck the Pinelands Dryby Richard Bizub, Director for Water Programs

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Groundwater — An Environmental Issue

during the summer of 2000, andwithin a few weeks nearby wetlandsand a stream that feeds a large lakestarted to dry up. PPA asked NJDEPfor a hearing. Based on testimonypresented by PPA and others, the wellwas shut down permanently. In thiscase swamp pink (Helonias bullata), afederally endangered wetlands plant,was in jeopardy. New Jersey is aglobal stronghold for this plant,containing more than 70% of theknown sites.In another example, a BurlingtonCounty cranberry farmer's irrigationpumping resulted in the lowering of anearby shallow 16-acre lake by a fewfeet. As a result wetlands within thegeneral area experienced a dramaticloss of water and were in danger ofdrying up.Unfortunately, on the East Coast wetend to view water as just anotherutility like telephone, electricity,sewer, and cable TV. Our attitude isthat there's plenty of water. After all,it seems to rain an awful lot andwhen we needmore water we can justdrill another well.As a society we need to seeunsustainable groundwater with-drawals as an environmental risk andchallenge. We know that the fewaquifers available for human use inthe Pinelands have been declining atan alarming rate. This is aproblem not only for the ecosystem,but for people who depend on theseaquifers for drinking water as well.

Unlike northern parts of the statewhere most drinking water isobtained from surface water sourcessuch as rivers and reservoirs, inSouth Jersey most of our water isderived from groundwater. As thedeeper aquifers become overdrawn,the pressure to use the shallowKirkwood-Cohansey aquifer willincrease. To make matters worse, thelaw allows water to be exported tenmiles outside the boundary of thePinelands National Reserve. Today

some of the fastest growing commu-nities in New Jersey are located with-in this 10-mile radius. They willalmost certainly look to thePinelands to fill their watersupply needs. It is for this reason thatPPA monitors water supply activitiesbeyond the Pinelands boundary.

To determine to what extent theKirkwood-Cohansey aquifer can beexploited without negative impacts tostreams and wetlands communities,the Pinelands Commission em-barked on a $5.5 million study in2003. They looked at the potentialimpacts of groundwater withdrawalson stream flow and wetland commu-nities. The study’s findings raise anumber of concerns. For example,small intermittent ponds areextremely sensitive to groundwaterwithdrawals. There are over 2,000such ponds in the Pinelands (seeRemarkable Ponds of the Pinelands,pg 6). Depending on the location ofwells and the volume of groundwaterremoved, vast areas of wetlands canbe impacted by pumping. Not onlycan pumping wells dry up wetlands,but existing wetlands can be convert-ed to a different type of wetlands,thereby altering Pinelands ecosys-tems. Stream flow can also bereduced depending on the degree ofgroundwater exploitation. Of course,during times of drought when thereis less rainwater entering the ground-water system, the ecological impactswill be much worse. (seeWater is NotUnlimited in the Pinelands, pg 3).

With proper planning and regulatoryoversight, it is possible to balance thewater needs of both people and theecosystem within the Pinelands. Thefirst piece of sound water supplyplanning is already in place, thePinelands Comprehensive Manage-ment Plan (CMP). The PinelandsCommission has been using theCMP to minimize gross impactsfrom groundwater withdrawals insome situations. However, relying onthe CMP alone has its limitations.

It is for this reason that PPA will bepetitioning the Pinelands Commissionand NJDEP to adopt a two-tier strat-egy to protect water resources forboth people and the environment.The first tier should be a thresholdset at some regional scale such as asub-watershedorPinelandsmanagementareas within amunicipality. The secondtier needs to establish what, if any,impact will be tolerated at a localscale.

Without a two-tier strategy there willnot be any long-term protection ofwater sensitive ecosystems since thecurrent state water allocation processdoes not regulate cumulative impactson a regional scale. This system isfailing to protect the Pinelands asthere are a number of areas that arecurrently overstressed from toomany wells, and yet the Commissionand NJDEP continue to allow moregroundwater to be withdrawn fromthese areas (see Wells Can Suck thePinelands Dry, pg 4). If the aquifer isalready stressed at the regional levelno additional withdrawals should beallowed in the area.

If the aquifer can be used withoutexceeding a regional threshold, thena potential applicant should berequired to show that what is beingproposed will not exceed theregional threshold, nor impactnearby wetlands. This would be thelocal threshold determination. Sincewetlands are more sensitive togroundwater withdrawals, byfocusing on protecting wetlands,stream flows will be maintained as aconsequence.

Maintaining sufficient water levels inthe shallow aquifer and streams tomeet ecological needs, coupled withgrowing demands for more watermeans that the PinelandsCommission will need to take a moreaggressive role in critically reviewingfuture water allocation proposals,and say No when necessary to protectthe Pinelands.

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We have mysterious, globally rarewildlife communities in thePinelands that are intimately tied tosmall, temporary bodies of water.Biologists refer to these communi-ties as coastal plain intermittentponds.

Pinelands intermittent pondsusually fill up with fall, winter, andspring rains, but typically dry out inlate summer. They are characteristi-cally shallow, topping off at a fewinches to a few feet deep. They tendto fill with seasonal rain because oftheir proximity to the water table,though some also hold waterbecause of clay bottoms.

Most of these ponds are ecologicallysimilar, and they harbor a distinctand fascinating flora and fauna. Forexample, the Pine Barrens Treefroghas strong affinities to intermittentponds for breeding. Several otheramphibian species that havepopulations within the Pinelandsare restricted or nearly restricted tosuch habitats for breeding, such asthe Northern Gray Treefrog,Southern Gray Treefrog, andFowler’s Toad.

In addition to these species, manyother species, such as Green Frogs,use both intermittent ponds andpermanent bodies of water forbreeding. Each species has its ownunique natural history, but the typi-cal pattern involves a spring migra-tion of breeding adults to the ponds.After mating and egg laying, theadults of most of the species depart,and the young—if successful—haveenough time to fully develop andmetamorphose before the ponddries out in the summer.

This behavior takes advantage ofone of the primary attributes of anintermittent pond: the absence ofpredatory fish.

Fish aren't the only organisms thatcan't colonize intermittent ponds.Most plant species find thesehabitats untenable, as well. Forexample, woody species are entirelyabsent from regularly-inundatedportions of such ponds, and manystrictly aquatic plants have, at best,an ephemeral life that gets cut offwhen the ponds dry out.

Since the plant species that favorthese ponds are relatively few, andthe habitat itself is rare, many of theplant species found in such pondsare also rare. AwnedMeadowbeauty,for example, critically imperiled inNew Jersey and vulnerable toextinction throughout its range, isfound in only six states.

Hirst Brothers' Panic-grass was firstdiscovered in an intermittent pondin the Pinelands, is critically imper-iled globally, and is currently knownto exist in only three states. Severalother species are similarly rare andimperiled.

Scientists at the Pinelands Commissionhave studied these ponds and haveproduced several reports. The fun-damental conclusion is that theplants and animals in these pondsare extremely vulnerable to with-drawals from the Kirkwood-Cohansey aquifer system. The levelof vulnerability is complicated byfactors such as the proximity of anygiven well, the amount of waterpumped, seasonal factors, and thesize and depth of the pond. But thebottom line, as common sensewould suggest, is that, to the extentyou reduce the habitat, you harmthe elements of biodiversity in thathabitat.

The question then becomes, “Howmuch harm can someone do tothese communities without violat-ing the CMP?” While the Pinelands

Commission struggles to answerthis question, the public has theopportunity to weigh in. The aver-age citizen is likely to be dazzled bythe bewildering nature of theregulations and the many possibleinterpretations of those regulations,but we can, nevertheless, demandthat they be enforced strictly.

Meanwhile, now is an excellent timeto explore these sites and marvel attheir beauty and complexity. By day,the scene is dominated by gracefulvegetation, dragonflies, birds, andmysterious ripples on the water. Bynight, the scene is dominated by thecalls of frogs, the sounds ofnighttime birds, and reflectionsfrom the sky.

Many of these ponds are as alivetoday as they were when thePinelands Commission came intoexistence. And for good reason.They are magical places.

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The events listed below are just afew of the great Pinelands tripsthis summer.

Visit www.pinelandsalliance.organd click onEvent Calendar for acomplete listing of Pinelands pro-grams and trips provided by awide variety of groups and organ-izations.

Mothing at WhitesbogFri., July 25, 7:30 pm, WhitesbogVillage, Brendan Byrne State Forest

Enjoy a short presentationabout moths followed by up-close observation of mothsattracted to lights at three dif-ferent viewing stations. Bringthe kids, a flashlight and chairto enjoy. Refreshments andlocal crafts available for pur-chase at the general store.Whitesbog Village is locatedat 120-34 Whitesbog Road,Browns Mills. Email Berniepinebarrensmother@com-cast.net. FREE.

Moth Night at ParkerPreserveSat., July 26, 7:30 pm, FranklinParker Preserve, Chatsworth

Meet at the NJ ConservationFoundation’s Franklin ParkerPreserve for a night of view-ing moths and other insects.Come early and explore 9,400acres of Pinelands woods andswamps. Bring a chair, flash-light and a snack. Visitwww.njconservation.org fordirections. Meet at the northgate entrance on Route 532across from Chatsworth Lake.Email Bernie for more info atpinebarrensmother@com-cast.net. FREE.

Starwatch at Batsto VillageSat., Aug. 2, 7:00 pm, BatstoVillage, 31 Batsto Rd, Hammonton

Enjoy an astronomy presentationand starwatch. This is a FREEevent and is ADA Accessible.Astronomy presentation is run bythe Willingboro AstronomicalSociety. Call 609-567-4559.

Rare & Interesting PineBarrens WildflowersSat., Aug. 9, 1pm to 3pm, BatstoVillage, 31 Batsto Rd, Hammonton

This presentation by MichaelHogan is part of the Beyondthe Barrens: A PinelandsSpeaker Series. Program takesplace in the Batsto VisitorCenter Auditorium.Admission is $2.00 per per-son. Call 609-561-0024.

Civil War Soliders at BatstoSat., Aug. 9, 9am, Batsto Village,31 Batsto Rd, Hammonton

Civil War encampment, toursof the mansion and more. TheBatsto Post Office, one of onlyfour in the United Statesauthorized to operate withouta zip code, will be open to can-cel your pre-stamped mail.Batsto mansion will be openfor tours for a small chargefrom 10AM – 3PM. $5/carthrough Labor Day.

Canoe/Kayak the OswegoRiver (Burlington Co)Sun., Aug. 9, 8:30 am, Sponsoredby the West Jersey Chapter of theSierra Club

Rise and Shine – join us foran early trip before thecrowds! We’ll paddle 8 milesfrom Lake Oswego toHarrisville Lake. Boats can berented from Mick’s PineBarrens Canoe/Kayak Rental800-281-1380 orwww.mickscanoerental.comContact leaders to confirmtrip and participation. George& Leona F, 609-259-3734 orLeona@pineypaddlers.com

Walk on the Wild Side HikeSun., Aug. 10, 1:30 pm, Offered byWoodford Cedar Run WildlifeRefuge (Medford, NJ)

Join Cedar Run's educators fora themed hike through theirmany trails. $10/adult,$8/child age 4 and up, ages 3and under free. Advanced reg-istration required. Call 609-983-3329. www.cedarrun.org

Night Hike at the RefugeSat., Aug. 16, 7:30 pm, Offered byWoodford Cedar Run WildlifeRefuge (Medford, NJ)

Follow the trails from dusk todark in search of some of ournighttime visitors. $10/adult,$8/child age 4 and up, ages 3and under free. Advanced

registration required. Call609-983-3329.

Canoe/Kayak the WadingRiver (Burlington Co)Sun., Aug. 27, 9 am, Sponsored bythe West Jersey Chapter of theSierra Club

This is a 13 mile trip for expe-rienced Pines paddlers; expectdownfalls and portages.Rentals are not available.Contact leaders to confirmtrip and participation. George& Leona F, 609-259-3734 orLeona@pineypaddlers.com

Hammonton Green DayFestival - Hammonton, NJSat., Sept. 13, Noon to 4pm, St.Joseph’s High School, 328 Vine St.

Have fun, get tips on how tolive more sustainably and pur-chase products that prove “thegood life” can actively pro-mote a healthy environment.Call 609-335-2750 for moreinfo. PPA will have a table atthis event.

Walk on the Wild Side HikeSun., Sept. 14, 1:30 pm, Offered byWoodford Cedar Run WildlifeRefuge (Medford, NJ)

Join Cedar Run's educators fora themed hike through theirmany trails. $10/adult,$8/child age 4 and up, ages 3and under free. Advanced reg-istration required. Call 609-983-3329. www.cedarrun.org

Night Hike at the RefugeSat., Sept.. 20 6:30 pm, Offered byWoodford Cedar Run WildlifeRefuge (Medford, NJ)

Follow the trails from dusk todark in search of some of ournighttime visitors. $10/adult,$8/child age 4 and up, ages 3and under free. Advancedregistration required. Call609-983-3329.

Get your event listed!Contact Becky at 609-859-8860 ext. 21 or emailbecky@pinelandsalliance.orgto have your Pinelandsevent listed in our online

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BOARD OF TRUSTEESHon. Brendan ByrneHonorary ChairFormer Governor,State of New Jersey

David F. MooreChair

Leon M. Rosenson, Ph.D.Vice Chair

Retired, Liposome Company

Robert Tucker, Ph.D.Treasurer

Retired Scientist

Anne E. HeaslySecretary

Conservation Consultant

Peter C. Adamson, M.D.The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

James BarnshawRetired Physician

Timothy J. ByrneAttorney

Charles M. ChapinNew Jersey Audubon Society

Emile DeVito, Ph.D.New Jersey Conservation Foundation

John Dighton, Ph.D.Director, Rutgers Pinelands Field Station

Bill FisherSenior Project Manager, Liberty Property Trust

Michael GallawaySierra Club

Albert HornerPhotographer

Janet Jackson-GouldNonprofit Consultant

Don Kirchhoffer

Blanche KrubnerLeague of Women Voters

Patricia MarinoRetired Educator

Loretta Pickus

Attorney, Senior Vice President General Counsel at RevelCasino Hotel

Jessica Rittler Sanchez, Ph.D.Water Resource Planner

Kevin SparkmanFusionspark Media

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Sponsors receive a copy of The Pine Barrens: Up Close & Natural DVDPatrons receive John McPhee’s seminal book The Pine BarrensBenefactors receive The Pine Barrens of New Jersey, a photographic history of this region

Chairman’s Circle members receive the book Seasons of the Pines and a personalized tourof the Pinelands

Inside: Groundwater Hydrology 101 � p. 2Water is Not Unlimited in the Pinelands � p. 3Wells Can Suck the Pinelands Dry � p. 4Remarkable Ponds of the Pinelands � p. 6Pinelands Events July to September � p. 7

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