KING OF CUTENESS: Here are new photos of a golden-crowned kinglet foraging in the #NewJersey #Pinelands. This species rarely stays still for long, so it's always a fun challenge to photograph them. 🐦 🌎 ❤️
📷: Paul Leakan, Pinelands Commission Communications Officer
#birds #birdphoto
📷: Paul Leakan, Pinelands Commission Communications Officer
#birds #birdphoto
October 30, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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BERRY NICE: New photos of #cranberries being harvested in the #NewJersey #Pinelands. The American cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon) is native to New Jersey, where they thrive in the sandy, acidic soils of the million-acre Pinelands.
📷: Joel Mott, NJPC
📷: Joel Mott, NJPC
October 26, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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TEACHING THE FUTURE PINES PROTECTORS: Scenes from yesterday's Pinelands-themed, World Water Monitoring Challenge, where 150 students slipped on waders, used nets to catch and release fish and other aquatic creatures, and learned about #environmental protection at Batsto Lake. 🌎 🐟 🐢
October 25, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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In my neck of the woods you quickly become an expert on avoiding wildlife crossing the road. Good morning from the #PineBarrens.
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October 24, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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October 22, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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Im in the NJ Piiiiiiines
October 19, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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BERRY TASTY: Here are new photos of a yellow-rumped #warbler gobbling berries from a native black gum tree at Whitesbog Village in the #NewJersey #Pinelands. 🐦 🌎
📷: Paul Leakan, Pinelands Commission Communications Officer
#berries #blackgum #trees
📷: Paul Leakan, Pinelands Commission Communications Officer
#berries #blackgum #trees
October 20, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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The maples are livening the landscape in the million-acre Pinelands of southern #NewJersey. Here's a new photo captured at Whitesbog Village 🍃🍂🍁🌎 ...
📷: Paul Leakan, Pinelands Commission Communications Officer
#fallfoliage #fallvibes #fallleaves #autumn
📷: Paul Leakan, Pinelands Commission Communications Officer
#fallfoliage #fallvibes #fallleaves #autumn
October 19, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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🎶 COMMA CHAMELEON 🎶: Here's a fresh eastern comma #butterfly that was fluttering along a trail at Whitesbog Village yesterday. 🦋🌎
📷: Paul Leakan, Pinelands Commission Communications Officer
#butterflies #insects #Pinelands #nj #wildlife
📷: Paul Leakan, Pinelands Commission Communications Officer
#butterflies #insects #Pinelands #nj #wildlife
October 18, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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HERON NOW: Happy Wading Bird Wednesday! Here's a new photo of a handsome great blue #heron foraging in the #NewJersey #Pinelands. 🐦
📷: Paul Leakan, Pinelands Commission Communications Officer
#birds #bird #birdphotography
📷: Paul Leakan, Pinelands Commission Communications Officer
#birds #bird #birdphotography
October 15, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Happy Turtle Tuesday! Here's a super cute, native painted turtle that I helped to cross a driving trail earlier this year. Is that a smile? 🤔 🐢.
📷: Paul Leakan, Pinelands Commission Communications Officer
#turtles #turtle #turtlerescue #turtlelovers #iliketurtles
📷: Paul Leakan, Pinelands Commission Communications Officer
#turtles #turtle #turtlerescue #turtlelovers #iliketurtles
October 14, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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More than 488,000 acres have been permanently preserved in the state Pinelands Area of New Jersey, including an additional 5,367 acres that were protected in Fiscal Year 2025, according to an annual update that was provided during yesterday's Pinelands Commission meeting. 🌎 🌳
October 11, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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Earlier today, the state Pinelands Commission voted 9-0 to approve a package of amendments to the Pinelands Comprehensive Management Plan, including one that will greatly reduce permitted development intensity in the Black Run watershed in Evesham Township, Burlington County. 🌎
📷: Paul Leakan, NJPC
📷: Paul Leakan, NJPC
October 10, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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October 11, 2025 at 4:36 AM
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ONE GREEN SCENE: Happy Frog Friday! Here's a new view of a tiny, native green frog sitting on a lily pad in the #NewJersey #Pinelands. May your day be filled with friends and frogs 🐸 🌎 ...
📷: Paul Leakan, Pinelands Commission Communications Officer
#Frog #frogs
📷: Paul Leakan, Pinelands Commission Communications Officer
#Frog #frogs
October 10, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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The change to the Pinelands Land Capability Map will redesignate approximately 2,440 acres in the Black Run watershed from a Rural Development Area to a Forest Area. 🐍 🐸 🌼
October 10, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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New Jersey ranks among the nation's top growers of cranberries, with nearly all production occurring on farms in the Pinelands. These photos show cranberries being wet-harvested from bogs at Pine Island Cranberry, a family-owned farm that is located entirely in the Pinelands.
October 9, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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RED OCTOBER: Here are new photos of #cranberries being harvested in the #NewJersey #Pinelands. The American cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon) is native to New Jersey, where they thrive in the sandy, acidic soils of the million-acre Pinelands. 🌎 🚜
📷: Paul Leakan, NJPC
#Farming
📷: Paul Leakan, NJPC
#Farming
October 9, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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October 8, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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COMBAT: Here are two native spotted #turtles wrestling, chasing, and biting each other in a bog in the New Jersey Pinelands this March. The two males were battling over territory, including access to females during the mating season. 🐢
📷: Paul Leakan, NJPC
📷: Paul Leakan, NJPC
October 7, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Happy #WorldAnimalDay in the Pinelands National Reserve of southern #NewJersey! The 1.1-million-acre region provides refuge for thousands of animal species. Here’s a variety of animal species in the Pinelands. 🌎 🐍 🐦 🐢
📷: Paul Leakan, Pinelands Commission Communications Officer
📷: Paul Leakan, Pinelands Commission Communications Officer
October 5, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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AUTUMN JOY: Let's ease into Sunday with a gallery of new scenes in the 1.1-million-acre Pinelands National Reserve 🌎 🍂🥾 ...
📷: Paul Leakan, Pinelands Commission Communications Officer
#autumn #autumnvibes #fall #NJ
📷: Paul Leakan, Pinelands Commission Communications Officer
#autumn #autumnvibes #fall #NJ
October 5, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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GORGEOUS: Happy Snake Saturday! Here’s a native timber #rattlesnake in the #NewJersey #Pinelands. The timber rattlesnake (Crotalis horridus) is listed as an endangered species in New Jersey. 🐍 🌎
📷: John Bunnell, Pinelands Commission Chief Scientist
#rattlesnakes #snakes
📷: John Bunnell, Pinelands Commission Chief Scientist
#rattlesnakes #snakes
October 4, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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🎶 DON’T YOU, FROG-ET ABOUT ME 🎶: Happy Frog #Friday! Here's a new view of a gorgeous, native southern leopard #frog basking at the edge of a pond in the #NewJersey #Pinelands. I nearly forgot about sharing this photo. 🐸 🌎
📷: Paul Leakan, NJPC
📷: Paul Leakan, NJPC
October 3, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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The demonstration was led by Amber Mallm, a Pinelands Commission Planning Specialist and plein air painting enthusiast. Seven artists participated in the free program.
October 2, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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