Registration is now open for the 33rd Annual Pinelands Short Course, which will be held at Stockton University’s main campus in Galloway Township, New Jersey on Saturday, March 12, 2022 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. (Check-in begins @ 7:45 a.m.) The event will feature 31 presentations.
This year’s Short Course includes the following new presentations: Water and Wildlife: Pine Barrens to Barnegat Bay; How Wintertime Climate Change Impacts the Pine Barrens; Pinelands Research Station: Past, Present and Promise; Environmental Planning in the Central Pine Barrens of New York; Listening After Dark: Bat Acoustic Monitoring in New Jersey; Forest-Tick Interactions in the Pinelands; Aquatic Indicator Species in the Pinelands; Communication in Nature: Birds; Whitesbog Collection: Pine Barrens Plant Photographs; Agriculture in the Pinelands; A Pinelands Road Trip; Atlantic County’s Ghost Railroad: The Brigantine Railroad and Trolley System; Stockton Campus Birding Walk; Maple Sugaring in the Pines: Bringing a Sweet and Profitable Industry to Southern New Jersey; and Ecological Forest Management in the Pinelands: The Stockton Forest Management Plan (field trip).
The program will also include popular presentations from the past, including Pinelands Weather and Climate: Past, Present and Future; Potential Impacts of Climate Change on the Pinelands; Biography of South Jersey Rivers; Snakes of the Pine Barrens; Beneath the Surface: Natural History of South Jersey Landscapes; Batona Trail: The Premier Walking Path of the Pinelands; Soil Toils: Exploring the Soils of the Pines; Cranberries: History of Cultivation, Harvest Highlights and Health Benefits; Plants of the New Jersey Pinelands; New Jersey’s Fish Hawk: The Amazing Osprey; Moths of South Jersey; What’s in a Name (Names from Nature)?; and Harrisville: 19th Century Life on the Wading River (field trip/bus tour). The event will also feature live musical performances by the Greater Pinelands Dulcimer Society, Jackson Pines and Valerie Vaughn.
A brochure of the event is available at the following link: https://fliphtml5.com/ivrx/wgvk
Attendees can register at the following link: https://www.stockton.edu/continuing-studies/pinelandsshortcourse.html
The venue is:
Stockton University
101 Vera King Farris Drive
Galloway, New Jersey 08204
The cost is $50.00 / $45.00 for seniors and students (Use coupon code SAVEPINE at checkout). Educators can earn 5 Professional Development Credits.
For the latest information, send an email to: info@njpines.state.nj.us asking to be included on the Pinelands Short Course Email alert.