We hope you too will be able to visit some of these places throughout the year and share your adventures with Woodrow and us here at the Tenafly Nature Center. The following are this season excerpts, please enjoy.

ATTENTION PARTICIPANTS!!!
Suggested Places to Visit with Woodrow

Visit the places from Woodrow's journey North and other natural places found in New Jersey this Winter. Take Woodrow with you on your travels!

Suggested places to visit this Winter:

• High Point State Park: High Point offers trails for hikers and skiers and quiet spots for campers and anglers.

• Stokes State Forest: Well known for its beautiful scenery, hikers, campers, fishermen and photographers are attracted to its wild setting.

• Lord Stirling Park: Located in Basking Ridge visitors are able to cross country ski around the edges of the Great Swamp, on flat trails that wind through meadows and woods.

• Norvin Green State Forest: The undisturbed forest and rugged terrain of this state forest offers sanctuary for birds and other wildlife.

• Jockey Hollow National Park: Located in Morristown this national park includes rolling trails perfect for cross country skiing including a couple of downhill's. There needs to be a good base of snow to cover rocks and roots on the trails. Jockey Hollow connects to Lewis Morris County County Park, offering a wide variety of trails when the weather is good.

• Mountain Creek: Located in the Kittatinny Mountains this resort is a favorite ski and snowboarding destination for many New Jersey residents.

Other places Woodrow would like to go throughout the year:

Summer

• ISLAND BEACH STATE PARK: Shaped by storm and tides, Island Beach State Park is a narrow barrier island stretching for 10 miles between the restless Atlantic Ocean and the historic Barnegat Bay.

• Barnegat Lighthouse State Park: The site of Barnegat Lighthouse on the northern tip of Long Beach Island in Ocean County was regarded as one of the most crucial "change of course" points for coastal vessels.

• Belleplain State Forest: The forested acres of Belleplain include stands of young pine, oak and Atlantic white cedar, reflecting better soil conditions and less damage by fire than found in the Pine Barrens just north of the forest.

• Cape May National Wildlife Refuge: Welcome to the Cape May National Wildlife Refuge.  The Refuge was established in January 1989 when the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service acquired the Refuge's first (90-acre) parcel from The Nature Conservancy in June of that year. Since then the Refuge has grown to more than 11000 acres as the Service continues to buy land.

• Cape May Point State Park: Although Cape May Lighthouse is a major attraction for many visitors to the area, the park’s constantly changing shoreline, dunes, freshwater coastal marsh and ponds, forested islands and varied uplands make it a well-known location for viewing the fall bird migration.

• Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge: The Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, where more than 43,000 acres of southern New Jersey coastal habitats are actively protected and managed for migratory birds. Forsythe is one of more than 500 refuges in the National Wildlife Refuge System administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Fall:

• STATE LINE LOOKOUT: Situated at the highest point on the Palisades Cliffs (elevation 532 feet), Point Lookout at State Line Lookout commands unparalleled views of the Hudson and Westchester (New York) County, and on to the Long Island Sound.

• Cheesequake State Park: Cheesequake State Park’s uniqueness lies in its geographical location. Not only is it situated in the middle of the urban north and the suburban south, it lies in a transitional zone between two different ecosystems.

• Kittatinny Valley State Park: Glacial lakes, limestone outcroppings, former railroads, and a small airport are features of Kittatinny Valley State Park.

• Montclair Hawk Watch: Nestled atop a 500-foot basalt ledge on a ridge known as the First Watchung Mountain in Montclair, New Jersey, is a well constructed, stone-filled platform that is the site of the Montclair Hawk Lookout, a sanctuary of the New Jersey Audubon Society.

• Wharton State Forest: Wharton State Forest is the largest single tract of land within the New Jersey State Park System.

• Waterloo Village: A 19th century Morris Canal port town, is a National Historic Site. It is located along the banks of the Musconectcong River in the Allamuchy Mountain State Park in Sussex County, New Jersey.

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Woodrow the Wood Duck
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Submitting Pictures and Stories
TNC wants to hear about your adventures with Woodrow so send us your stories about your travels and your pictures of Woodrow visiting all the natural places.

Selected pictures will be placed in our next newsletter and some will be posted on the website.

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