Monthly Program: "Soggy Ground: A Geography of Pine Barrens Wetlands"

Wetlands have long intrigued us. For centuries bogs, mires, and meadows were regarded forlorn topography, loathsome places replete with legend and lore. Natural Historian Mark Demitroff presents an engaging overview on how to read and value the unusual wet environment of the New Jersey Pine Barrens through land-surface processes. Little known ice age landforms provide critical habitat for plants and animals. Places like spungs, cripples, blue holes, and savannahs are woven together in a geographic tapestry of interactions between nature and society. People here have exploited these wetlands for millennia, features that now slowly fade from memory and place.

Join Natural Historian Mark Demitroff as he presents this engaging overview based on his recently published book, Soggy Ground: A Geography of Pine Barrens Wetlands on how to read and value the unusual wet environment of the New Jersey Pine Barrens through land-surface processes. Copies of Soggy Ground will be available for sale (cost $30) at the meeting.

Presenter: Mark Demitroff

Directions: The Holy Nativity Lutheran Church is located just off Rt. 553 (Woodbury Glassboro Rd.) immediately south of the traffic light at Mantua Ave. The church parking lot can be accessed by entrances on either Woodbury-Glassboro Road or Lenape Trail (first left off of Mantua Ave).

Photo Credit: Vilseskogen on Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0)