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Pine Barrens
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What is immediately striking about Pine Barrens is its scale. The course is majestic, grand, theatrical in a way that belittles nearly every other course in the state. It seems so copious, so big. Each hole appears as a prime entity, an individualistic composition of parts wrested from the privacy of the site’s trees, sand and quiet abundance. An entertaining slide show could be made of Pine Barrens hole-by-hole, a train of blended images depicting Fazio’s very real ability to combine beauty with elements of strategy that are an anomaly in the context of his recent portfolio.
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The Pine Barrens is a dynamic landscape, where natural ecological processes like fire, hydrology (water flow), and animal migration thrive in diverse natural communities. To keep these processes working, the Conservancy follows these strategies:
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In the Ossipee Pine Barrens of New Hampshire, Howard (2003) found a similar situation where shade-tolerant, fire-intolerant hardwoods and white pine substantially increased over the last 50 years. Sites classified in pitch pine forest declined from 2/3 of the study area to less than 40% of the study area between 1952 and 2002, with pitch pine sites converting into the mixed pine-hardwood community type. Hardwoods such as red maple, red oak, and beech, already established in the current forest understories of many sites, were predicted to dominate 50% of the study area by the time the current understory replaces the current canopy (Howard 2003). Sites most at risk of successional replacement had longer time intervals since the last stand-replacing fire. These included sites at long distances from known historical ignition sources (such as the railroad) and in the shadow of natural firebreaks, where hardwood seed sources are most abundant. Pitch pine was not successfully recruiting in the Ossipee Barrens, though a seed source for it was present throughout.
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During colonial times, the Pine Barrens was home to various industries. Bog iron was mined from bogs, streams, and waterways, and was worked in furnaces at Batsto, Atsion, Ferrago, Hanover, and several other locations. Iron from these early furnaces was instrumental in supplying the American military with weapons and camp tools during the American Revolution and the War of 1812. The bog iron industry fell off in the mid-1800s when iron ore could be mined more cheaply in Pennsylvania. Other industries such as paper mills, sawmills, and gristmills rose and fell throughout the years. Smaller industries such as charcoal-making and glassmaking ... were attempted and met with varying degrees of success.
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The pine barrens are rare and imperiled globally. In North America, they exist primarily in the Midwest and along the east coast. Wisconsin has one of the best opportunities in North America for preserving and restoring this community. Oak barrens are ... rare and imperiled globally. Significant opportunities for oak barrens protection and restoration exist in Wisconsin but most of these are at a relatively small scale of several hundred acres or less.
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[B]ack in the Pine Barrens, the Outward Bound experience is not going well for Paulie and Christopher. They still haven't found Valery - dead or alive - or the car. They spend the night in an abandoned van, dining on ketchup packets and blaming each other for their predicament. Fortunately the next morning Tony and Bobby Baccala locate their half-frozen comrades and head back to civilization. On the way, Tony lets Paulie know the consequences of his sloppiness: "Let's be clear on this right now...he's your problem, not mine...you take the heat...you pay the price." Paulie considers, then replies, "Fine."
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