Help Build The Peace Bridge at Black Run Preserve
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Help Friends of the Black Run Preserve Build the “Peace Bridge”
If you enjoy the outdoors in the South Jersey area, chances are you’ve been to the Black Run Preserve. It’s a magical 1,300 acre island of still pristine Pine Barrens in southern Evesham Township. Its beautiful bogs and uplands are a refuge for native plants, animals, and people to enjoy over twelve miles of multi-use trails; walking, trail running, mountain biking, nature study, and birding. The Black Run Preserve is owned by Evesham Township but its major clean-ups, sustainable trail development and maintenance, educational signage, restoration projects, and educational programs are provided by the volunteer stewards of the Friends of the Black Run Preserve a 501(c)(3) non-profit.
DONOR LEVELS & BENEFITS
-- Benefactor Level: Two (2) $10,000 name recognition on two prominent “Peace Bridge” signs (on either side of the bridge). Plus, name/logo on our website and social media banner.
-- Sponsor Level: Name plate on a plaque affixed to the bridge @ $500 each. Plus, name added to a page of Sponsors on our website and social media banner.
-- Supporter Level: Donate any amount of $100 or more and you’ll receive a tee shrt and hat!
-- Friend Level: Donate any amount from $50 to $99 and you’ll receive a hat.
-- All donation levels: Make any donation and you’ll receive a special sticker that says “I helped build the Peace Bridge.” blackrun.org
Why we need to build the “Peace Bridge”
The planned “Peace Bridge” will provide safe access for trail users to utilize the west side of the Preserve. In 2004 a flood breached a sand dike of an old cranberry bog and its trail connecting one side of the preserve with the other. For the past four years, locals utilized a structure known as the “shaky bridge” to access the trails on the west side of the preserve. The “shaky bridge” has been claimed by a clan of beaver who built a five-foot dam on top of it!
Public/Private/Co-op Partnership
REI Co-Op has provided Friends of the Black Run Preserve with $20,000. This buys the weathered steel 20 foot-long, six-foot wide bridge, but the final cost includes: a geotech study, engineering, design plans, Pinelands permits, bridge foundation, and installation which bring the total cost to $140,000. Friends of the Black Run Preserve is grateful to Evesham Township, which has committed $70,000 toward this project. Friends of the Black Run Preserve must raise $50,000 to cover our half of the costs.
Why is it called the “Peace Bridge”?
The FBRP has been working to inspire a culture of peace and respect. The Peace Bridge will be a key link in a proposed nine-mile Peaceful Partners Trail (PPT). The PPT will begin on the adjacent Rancocas Conservancy’s Cold Springs Reserve, go through the Black Run Preserve, and end at the Woodford Cedar Run Wildlife Refuge in Medford. Along the way, 30 signposts will identify the 30 Articles of the United Nation’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights and be illustrated by Evesham middle school students. In addition, the history of peaceful interactions between the Lenni Lenape and the Quakers who founded communities in the Pine Barrens will be celebrated.
We Need Your Help
Since its inception, FBRP have worked to create an accessible and sustainable place for people to connect with nature, learn more about the unique Pine Barrens ecosystem and share this special place with one another in a peaceful and respectful manner. Please help us expand the accessibility of the Black Run Preserve by donating to our GoFundMe campaign. Please share our story, donate money, or sign up for a membership to help us raise the money for the Peace Bridge.”
Checks can be made payable to:
- Friends of the Black Run Preserve - with a note in the memo field: Peace Bridge
and sent to:
Friends of the Black Run Preserve
123 East Main Street
PO Box 1124
Marlton, NJ 08053
EMPLOYER MATCH!!! Ask your employer to match your donation!
Our 501(c)(3) non-profit organization is officially called “Friends of the Black Run Preserve” and our Tax ID# is 46-1685413.
Let them know to make checks payable to: Friends of the Black Run Preserve – with a note in the memo field: Peace Bridge and send to:
Friends of the Black Run Preserve
123 East Main Street
PO Box 1124
Marlton, NJ 08053
19 The Kevin Storm Show at Historic Smithville Earth Fare 2013
This was recorded and broadcasted on June 9, 2013
Actually show begins at 08:36.
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Danielle Camilli reported to Philly Burbs;
The popular Burlington County Earth Fair returns to Historic Smithville Park on Sunday and might be able to help. Celebrity garden expert Mike McGrath, host of the nationally syndicated NPR show You Bet Your Garden, will give two presentations at the free event, which runs from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., rain or shine, at the county park on Smithville Road.
The fair includes a lineup of environmentally friendly exhibits, entertainment, and tips for going, or staying, green.
McGrath will present his Get Your Lawn Off Drugs at noon and Everything You Know About Composting Is Wrong at 2.
The fair, sponsored by the Burlington County Board of Freeholders, is in its 20th year and annually draws thousands to the 312-acre park along the Rancocas Creek that was once the home and industrial village of Hezekiah B. Smith. Smith manufactured high-wheel bicycles at the site during the late 1800s.
The Sustainable Living tent will showcase Earth-friendly solutions for the home, including urban gardening, green home renovations, solar panels and resource-saving appliances, organizers said.
Eco-friendly vendors also will attend, and there will be entertainment throughout the day.
The schedule includes a presentation by the Woodford Cedar Run Wildlife Center of Medford on hunters of the sky and a wildlife program by Rizzo's Reptile Discovery of Budd Lake, Morris County.
The fair also offers interactive entertainment for young environmentalists.
Children's activities include musical performances, the Earth Science Circus and the Magic of Energy. Children also will be able to crawl through the STARLAB, a traveling planetarium, to see stars and constellations during 30-minute programs.
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The Search for the Jersey Devil: Footprints
THE JERSEY DEVIL FOOTPRINT:
Trifid...or Drake's feet, 3 toes. A popular carving technique for the legs of tables or chairs.
Back in 1941 a strange footprint was found in Batsto, New Jersey and many suspected that is was from the Jersey Devil. A cast was promptly made and then a wooden imprint was made of it.
Currently this wooden imprint resides at Cedar Run Wildlife Refuge in Medford, New Jersey. When the Courier Post did the front page story with me concerning my Jersey Devil documentary they photographed me holding it in the photo shoot.
One thing that got me was that by popular accounts most stated that the Jersey Devil had cloven hooves..like a goat, or the Devil Himself. The wooden imprint is more that of a dragon, or some sort of 3 toed lizard. There are not all that many 3 toed animals that are that large: Capybara, rhinoceroses, crow, turkey and the Emu are a few. Many dinosaur era birds had 3 toes with a 4th toe backwards turned that assisted them with gripping tree branches.
Heron footprints next to average sized human foot.
Starting around 1948 there was a hoaxer running around the US (and world) leaving fake 3 toed impressions and he was dubbed Old Three Toes. There were several pics available with this hoaxer wearing his self made boots that left the 3 toed impressions. They curiously resemble the ones supposedly left by the Jersey Devil in Batsto...
There are many explanations that could shed light on the origin of this wooden footprint cast: A real animal that was mentioned above, a hoax, an attempt for tourism and publicity...or the actual Jersey Devil.
For more info:
facebook.com/TheSearchForTheJerseyDevil
(Chris Chaos is a long time resident of South Jersey who once again resides in and writes from Gloucester City, New Jersey. Chris can be reached at AxisVideo@aol.com)
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U.S. Cellular Field
U.S. Cellular Field is a baseball park in Chicago, Illinois. It is the home of the Chicago White Sox of Major League Baseball's American League. The park is owned by the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority, but operated by the White Sox. The park opened for the 1991 season, after the White Sox had spent 81 years at the original Comiskey Park. The new park, completed at a cost of US$167 million, also opened with the Comiskey Park name, but became U.S. Cellular Field in 2003 after U.S. Cellular bought the naming rights at $68 million over 20 years. It hosted the MLB All-Star Game that same year. Many sportscasters and fans continue to use the name Comiskey Park. Prior to its demolition, the old Comiskey Park was the oldest in-use ballpark in Major League Baseball, a title now held by Fenway Park in Boston. The current public address announcer is Gene Honda, who also serves as the PA announcer for the Chicago Blackhawks.
The stadium is situated just to the west of the Dan Ryan Expressway in Chicago's Armour Square neighborhood, adjacent to the more famous neighborhood of Bridgeport. It was built directly across 35th Street from old Comiskey Park, which was demolished to make room for a parking lot that serves the venue. Old Comiskey's home plate location is represented by a marble plaque on the sidewalk next to U.S. Cellular Field and the foul lines are painted in the parking lot. Also, the spectator ramp across 35th Street is designed in such a way that it echoes the contour of the old first-base grandstand.
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