Pine Barrens Essays

pig’s feet. The very idea of these features mashed together just seems impossible. This bizarre creature is believed to inhabit Pine Barrens, in southern New Jersey. How could such a strange creature come into existence? There are many different variations to the Jersey Devil legend, but the more known one tells the story of Mother Jane Leeds. Mother Leeds lived in Pine Barrens in poverty. The year 1735 came by, Mother Leeds found that she was pregnant with her 13th child. She believed this child would

Throughout the nine chapters of The Pine Barrens, John McPhee explores three themes connected to the effects of climate change: development, natural resources, and community resilience. Written in the 1960s, McPhee’s writing paints an intimate picture of the life in the Pinelands, long misunderstood and misrepresented by outsiders. Through nine chapters, the stories of persistence and change demonstrate the strength of Pine Barrens communities, despite the many threats they have faced. Exploring

“The Devil was born in the Pine Barrens, which spreads across 1700 square miles in southern New Jersey”(Johnson and Munn 1). The Devil has inhabited the area since as far back as before the Revolutionary War. To be more exact it surrounds the town of Leeds Point, but “has

beautiful rainbow or brown trout in your hand, if only for a moment. My first trout fishing trip with my husband was one I’ll never forget. We walked two miles down a long curvy dirt trail riddled with pine trees, armadillos burrowing through the leaves, and the prettiest cardinals I had ever seen. The pine scent filled my nose. It smelled

My house at Carter Lake had a fresh smell, trees surrounded our house and our 13 acres of land. The trees were mostly pine and gave off a strong pine odor at certain times of the year. Most of the time the lake smelt like fish, but some of the time it smelt kind of fresh and just the smell you imagine when you think of nature. We also raised english Bulldogs so it didn 't catch me by surprised if I walked out to the kennels and it didn 't smell pleasant. The taste of things often take me back to

Tom Thomson: An Honorable Death Robert Kroetsch uses various ways to tell the story of Tom Thomson, an artist whose death remains a mystery. Kroetsch was appreciative for Thomson’s artwork and death. Kroetsch references to many pieces of Thomson's artwork, allowing readers to understand how Thomson lived his life. By referencing to Thomson’s paintings it allows readers to imagine the bliss of Thomson’s artwork. The structure of his poem shows the calm, yet confusing thoughts towards the mysterious

Hermanos, Forever Written by Julio Aguirre IV ACT 1 Characters: Domingo Jimenez, (h-i-meh-nez), 53 year-old male, soft and old male spanish accent. Santiago Jimenez, (Sahn-tee-AH-go), 52 year-old male, sounds like his brother but a bit younger. Josefina Jimenez, (ho-seh-fee-nuh), 49 year-old female, soft middle-aged female spanish accent, Time: July 20, Sunday, 5:45pm, Summer Scene: It’s a hot summer day in New Mexico. Domingo is in the backyard of his small mobile home sitting on the porch

Oz Porter stared down the thickly wooded slope, his gaze fixed on the endless panorama of green. Trees, swaying in the slight breeze. The place had a definite odor, the sweet freshness of pine. He breathed it all in, savoring the familiar tang, the underlying musty aroma of undergrowth and leaf mold. Slowly disintegrating into mulch that would carpet the forest floor and nurture the new growth. He called this place home. It wasn’t home. Home was the small town of Copperville, but they’d been forced

Remnants of a Forgotten Place Silence cloaks the desolate ruins atop the mountain, and an early morning fog wraps its tendrils around the worn stone, slowly thinning as the tentative sun creeps higher into the sky, leaving a path of oranges, pinks, and reds as it goes. Suddenly, the silence is broken by the heavy treading of many sneakers. A group of people emerges from the jungles surrounding the ruins, gasping in pleasure at the breathtaking sight before them: Machu Picchu. Just like so many

After a few steps into the forest, Dipper was stopped with a tight shoulder grip from Bill. “Look over there Pine tree.” Bill pointed his cane at some area to the left and Dipper gazed over in that direction. There stood, what Dipper could only assume was a unicorn. The creature was the only color in the surrounding landscape. Its pelt was a light shade of pink

My two best friends, Lindsay and Kyle, were both with me planning on going on another adventure around our town, Mill Creek, which, in most places, you would see as a wealthy town. Except for us. Lindsay and Kyle both lived in apartments and I live on a dead end street in a long dark navy blue rambler. We banded together as the loners of Heatherwood mid, Kyle being a grade higher than us though. Lindsay and I met in 5th grade, back at my elementary school, she was the other nerdy half-Asian loner

the past two decades the pine forests of Western North America have experienced major changes due to the Mountain Pine Beetle epidemic that began in 1995. Mountain Pine Beetles are insect parasites that use trees as their hosts in order to mate and lay eggs. After the larva becomes a beetle, the tree is killed and the next generation of beetles set out to find another pine tree and the cycle repeats. Environmentalists have proven the changes in the lifecycle of the pine beetle to be directly correlated

The ambrosia beetle used in this experiment will be Euwallacea sp, otherwise known as the PSHB jeopardizing many tree species in Southern California. Two tree species will be used in this experiment. Koelreuteria paniculata, the golden-rain tree, will be used as an example of a gumming tree and Persea americana, the avocado tree, will be used as the positive control for this experiment as it is a known species of tree endangered by the PSHB/Fusarium complex. The negative control would be a healthy

Ethical Businesses. Which business comes to your mind? Whichever it may be it probably has branded itself as an ethical business through the actions and decisions that company has made. In this report I will be discussing an ethical business that comes to my mind called West Fraser. West Fraser is a publicly funded Canadian company and it is known as the largest lumber manufacturer not only in Canada but also in southern America. It was founded in 1955 by Sam, Bill and Pete Ketcham; three brothers

In a matter of seconds, the course of your life could be altered irreversibly forever. An individual’s defining moment can come at any point in your life in a variety of ways. As you continue to age, the number of these special experiences will accumulate. The moments that define you will pave the way for your future. It was in the summer of second grade when my mother decided to bring me out of the country to visit my father and spend two months in Dubai. At that time, it has almost been two years

Leonard Peltier is a Lakota political activist and member of the American Indian Movement. Peltier is currently serving two consecutive life sentences for the murders of the two FBI agents, however, this is not where his story ends, and his imprisonment is surrounded by controversy and mystery. On one side, the FBI states that he is a killer with a closed case and plenty of evidence against him. On the other side, political activists believe that he is a political prisoner, innocent of the crimes

situation exists on the Pine Ridge Reservation in southwestern South Dakota, the home of the Lakota Sioux [see map on pg. 7]. This is not an inviable place to live. Isolated, impoverished, underdeveloped, rife with extensive problems, the reason why anyone would remain there is far from apparent. The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation is the site of one of the 565 federally recognized Indian Nations within the United States. There are approximately 30,000 to 40,000 people on Pine Ridge, most of whom identify

My most influential experience that taught different perspectives of the world is when I studied abroad in the U.S. state of South Dakota to study Native American Culture. We lodged at Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (Lakota: Wazí Aháŋhaŋ Oyáŋke), which is actually an Oglala Lakota Native American reservation. When we arrived on Oglala Lakota Native American reservation, there was an immediate cultural shock. The town look like deserted area with small local stores. Everyone knew each other, and it

The four major southern white social groups during the antebellum period were the planters, the small slaveholders, the yeoman, and the people of the pine barrens. These four groups encompassed the majority of Southern white Americans; the people who did not specifically fit within one group usually at least identified with one (Stewart 4). The planters were the richest citizens, and were generally described as owning twenty or more slaves. Their economic goals were based solely in profit. The cost

on the right was created by Australian artist Fred Leist. The image was created in 1921, in United Kingdom. Type The image on the right is an oil on canvas painting that has been framed. Audience The Australian artist to capture the scene of Lone Pine for the Australian people created the painting. The painting depicts the scene so realisitilty the Australian people and families can visualise the brave and courage of the soldiers and the conditions in which there ‘boys’ and loved ones fought in