rgwp96 Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 i think i posted these on eastern a while ago, green as far as the eyes can see u can see nyc skyline in the distance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avdave Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 Nice pics Ray. Still love that 30 miles or so to the SE is NYC and yet here you are in the highlands. I wish I spent more time in this part of North Jersey, never did though, spent most of it in Sussex and western Morris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsley Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 nice shots. It's a different world once get anywhere west of 287 in Jersey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saltysenior Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 just returned to fl. after a 1 mo. vist to my home state of n.j. I noticed there are MANY tree all over n j , but , other than looking nice from a distance, 95% are what we use to call ''junk wood trees'' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew-Northern Italy Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 wow, nice pics and landscape ! and wow @ the photo with NYC in the background Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quakertown needs snow Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 this was in 2008 and its now 2012 so are the tress still there? nice pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 just returned to fl. after a 1 mo. vist to my home state of n.j. I noticed there are MANY tree all over n j , but , other than looking nice from a distance, 95% are what we use to call ''junk wood trees'' Plenty of nice oaks, maples, and black birch where I grew up in northern Morris, and most are still there though I imagine some are dying of old age (or gypsy moth.) Lots of NJ forest is in very small ownerships, often interspersed with houses, making any commercial timber management difficult. I remember those pics from Eastern - nice views, trees variable as some are growing on ledge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saltysenior Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 believe it or not ,many places that were farm fields when i was young are now what some people would call ''woods''....but when you look closer you see locust,stink weed and other ''trees'' of no value... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgwp96 Posted June 26, 2012 Author Share Posted June 26, 2012 believe it or not ,many places that were farm fields when i was young are now what some people would call ''woods''....but when you look closer you see locust,stink weed and other ''trees'' of no value... who gives a rats ass. i wasnt posting pics for possible lumber lol. Its green, provides shade and cleans the air. i would say it has value regardless of what type of wood it is. The point of the pics is to show ignorant people that NJ has alot of areas like those posted above. I actually met someone from Wyoming whose exact words were" I didnt know there were trees in NJ " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 IIRC, NJ was about 45% forested when I lived there, and some recent info puts them at 42%, 26th of 50 or as centered as is possible. Not up there with the 85-90% for NH/Maine or 75%+ for WV/VT (those 4 are tops, easily), but way above the 1% in ND/NV. There are 24 states with 40-67% forest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vandy Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 ....but when you look closer you see locust,stink weed and other ''trees'' of no value... Value is quite subjective. Clearly, some find value in simply having undeveloped land close to the city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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