New Jersey Pinelands Commission
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The NJ Pinelands Commission is a state agency that oversees the protection of the 938,000-acre Pinelands Area of southern New Jersey. All photos by Commission staff, unless otherwise noted.
"A quiet walk through woodlands will often turn up the twittering of a mixed-species foraging flock, and you’ll likely find titmice in attendance," according to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
November 30, 2025 at 3:50 PM
"A quiet walk through woodlands will often turn up the twittering of a mixed-species foraging flock, and you’ll likely find titmice in attendance," according to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
Happy Sunday! Here are new photos of a delightful tufted titmouse foraging in the #NewJersey #Pinelands. Are you a fan of this species? 🐦 🌎
📷: Paul Leakan, NJPC
#birds #bird #wildlife #birdphotography #sundayvibes
📷: Paul Leakan, NJPC
#birds #bird #wildlife #birdphotography #sundayvibes
November 30, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Happy Sunday! Here are new photos of a delightful tufted titmouse foraging in the #NewJersey #Pinelands. Are you a fan of this species? 🐦 🌎
📷: Paul Leakan, NJPC
#birds #bird #wildlife #birdphotography #sundayvibes
📷: Paul Leakan, NJPC
#birds #bird #wildlife #birdphotography #sundayvibes
ELUSIVE, BLUE-GRAY BEAUTY: Here's a new photo of a belted kingfisher perched beside Hammonton Lake in the #NewJersey #Pinelands. I love the challenge of photographing kingfishers, which rarely seem to stay still for more than a few seconds. 🐦 🌎
📷: Paul Leakan, NJPC
#birds #wildlife
📷: Paul Leakan, NJPC
#birds #wildlife
November 29, 2025 at 1:46 PM
ELUSIVE, BLUE-GRAY BEAUTY: Here's a new photo of a belted kingfisher perched beside Hammonton Lake in the #NewJersey #Pinelands. I love the challenge of photographing kingfishers, which rarely seem to stay still for more than a few seconds. 🐦 🌎
📷: Paul Leakan, NJPC
#birds #wildlife
📷: Paul Leakan, NJPC
#birds #wildlife
So cute!
November 28, 2025 at 4:15 PM
So cute!
New photos of a dark-eyed junco foraging in the New Jersey Pinelands. "Dark-eyed Juncos are among the most abundant forest birds of North America," according to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. 🐦
📷: Paul Leakan, Pinelands Commission Communications Officer
#birdphotography
📷: Paul Leakan, Pinelands Commission Communications Officer
#birdphotography
November 28, 2025 at 4:14 PM
New photos of a dark-eyed junco foraging in the New Jersey Pinelands. "Dark-eyed Juncos are among the most abundant forest birds of North America," according to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. 🐦
📷: Paul Leakan, Pinelands Commission Communications Officer
#birdphotography
📷: Paul Leakan, Pinelands Commission Communications Officer
#birdphotography
Happy Thanksgiving in the #NewJersey #Pinelands! We're thankful for this 1.1-million-acre treasure and all who have worked to protect it. 🐦 🌎
📷: Paul Leakan, Pinelands Commission Communications Officer
#Thanksgiving
📷: Paul Leakan, Pinelands Commission Communications Officer
#Thanksgiving
November 27, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Happy Thanksgiving in the #NewJersey #Pinelands! We're thankful for this 1.1-million-acre treasure and all who have worked to protect it. 🐦 🌎
📷: Paul Leakan, Pinelands Commission Communications Officer
#Thanksgiving
📷: Paul Leakan, Pinelands Commission Communications Officer
#Thanksgiving
Wishing a safe journey to all who are traveling for Thanksgiving 🦃 🍁 🌎 …
📷: Paul Leakan, Pinelands Commission Communications Officer
#thanksgiving #forests #nature #newjersey
📷: Paul Leakan, Pinelands Commission Communications Officer
#thanksgiving #forests #nature #newjersey
November 26, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Wishing a safe journey to all who are traveling for Thanksgiving 🦃 🍁 🌎 …
📷: Paul Leakan, Pinelands Commission Communications Officer
#thanksgiving #forests #nature #newjersey
📷: Paul Leakan, Pinelands Commission Communications Officer
#thanksgiving #forests #nature #newjersey
The face you make when you realize you forgot to thaw the turkey. Sorry, pal. Thankfully, you're a great blue heron, so you'll use your amazing hunting skills to catch a fresh, unfrozen feast. 🐦 🌎
📷: Paul Leakan, NJPC
#turkey #birds #herons #Pinelands
#thanksgiving
📷: Paul Leakan, NJPC
#turkey #birds #herons #Pinelands
#thanksgiving
November 26, 2025 at 12:37 PM
The face you make when you realize you forgot to thaw the turkey. Sorry, pal. Thankfully, you're a great blue heron, so you'll use your amazing hunting skills to catch a fresh, unfrozen feast. 🐦 🌎
📷: Paul Leakan, NJPC
#turkey #birds #herons #Pinelands
#thanksgiving
📷: Paul Leakan, NJPC
#turkey #birds #herons #Pinelands
#thanksgiving
TURTLEY AWESOME: We're always thankful for seeing turtles and all other wildlife in the #NewJersey #Pinelands. Here's a serene scene made better by the presence of a native painted #turtle. 🐢 🌎
📷: Paul Leakan, NJPC
#WildLifeLovers #nature ##wildlifephotography
📷: Paul Leakan, NJPC
#WildLifeLovers #nature ##wildlifephotography
November 25, 2025 at 7:13 PM
TURTLEY AWESOME: We're always thankful for seeing turtles and all other wildlife in the #NewJersey #Pinelands. Here's a serene scene made better by the presence of a native painted #turtle. 🐢 🌎
📷: Paul Leakan, NJPC
#WildLifeLovers #nature ##wildlifephotography
📷: Paul Leakan, NJPC
#WildLifeLovers #nature ##wildlifephotography
TURKEY TUESDAY: Here are wild #turkeys foraging in front of a church in the #NewJersey #Pinelands. The wild turkey population has rebounded in the Garden State. 🌎 🐦
📷: Paul Leakan, NJPC
#turkeys #birds #wildlife
📷: Paul Leakan, NJPC
#turkeys #birds #wildlife
November 25, 2025 at 12:58 PM
TURKEY TUESDAY: Here are wild #turkeys foraging in front of a church in the #NewJersey #Pinelands. The wild turkey population has rebounded in the Garden State. 🌎 🐦
📷: Paul Leakan, NJPC
#turkeys #birds #wildlife
📷: Paul Leakan, NJPC
#turkeys #birds #wildlife
Happy #MacroMonday! Here are new macro photos of an autumn meadowhawk #dragonfly resting on a fence railing beside a trail in the #NewJersey #Pinelands.
📷: Paul Leakan, Pinelands Commission Communications Officer
#macro #macrophotography #macrophoto
📷: Paul Leakan, Pinelands Commission Communications Officer
#macro #macrophotography #macrophoto
November 24, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Happy #MacroMonday! Here are new macro photos of an autumn meadowhawk #dragonfly resting on a fence railing beside a trail in the #NewJersey #Pinelands.
📷: Paul Leakan, Pinelands Commission Communications Officer
#macro #macrophotography #macrophoto
📷: Paul Leakan, Pinelands Commission Communications Officer
#macro #macrophotography #macrophoto
This bread boasts cranberries and blueberries from the Pinelands, along with a streusel topping. 😋
November 23, 2025 at 1:28 PM
This bread boasts cranberries and blueberries from the Pinelands, along with a streusel topping. 😋
Here's a gallery of goodies featuring cranberries!
November 23, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Here's a gallery of goodies featuring cranberries!
BERRY TASTY TREATS: Happy National Eat a #Cranberry Day in the New Jersey Pinelands! The Garden State ranks among the top producers of #cranberries in the United States, with the vast majority of the berries grown on farms in the million-acre state Pinelands Area. 😋
#food #baking #cooking #eating
#food #baking #cooking #eating
November 23, 2025 at 1:25 PM
BERRY TASTY TREATS: Happy National Eat a #Cranberry Day in the New Jersey Pinelands! The Garden State ranks among the top producers of #cranberries in the United States, with the vast majority of the berries grown on farms in the million-acre state Pinelands Area. 😋
#food #baking #cooking #eating
#food #baking #cooking #eating
Enjoy your weekend in the #NewJersey #Pinelands, wherever you explore 🥾 📷 🌎 ...
📷: Paul Leakan, Pinelands Commission Communications Officer
#reflection #reflections #clouds #cloud
📷: Paul Leakan, Pinelands Commission Communications Officer
#reflection #reflections #clouds #cloud
November 22, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Enjoy your weekend in the #NewJersey #Pinelands, wherever you explore 🥾 📷 🌎 ...
📷: Paul Leakan, Pinelands Commission Communications Officer
#reflection #reflections #clouds #cloud
📷: Paul Leakan, Pinelands Commission Communications Officer
#reflection #reflections #clouds #cloud
"Killdeer get their name from the shrill, wailing kill-deer call they give so often," according to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. "Eighteenth-century naturalists also noticed how noisy Killdeer are, giving them names such as the Chattering Plover and the Noisy Plover."
November 21, 2025 at 8:57 PM
"Killdeer get their name from the shrill, wailing kill-deer call they give so often," according to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. "Eighteenth-century naturalists also noticed how noisy Killdeer are, giving them names such as the Chattering Plover and the Noisy Plover."
New photos of killdeers foraging in the #NewJersey #Pinelands. Killdeers (Charadrius vociferus) are about the size of an American robin and have two black bands that cross their white chest. 🐦 🌎
📷: Paul Leakan, NJPC
#birds #birdphotography
📷: Paul Leakan, NJPC
#birds #birdphotography
November 21, 2025 at 8:54 PM
New photos of killdeers foraging in the #NewJersey #Pinelands. Killdeers (Charadrius vociferus) are about the size of an American robin and have two black bands that cross their white chest. 🐦 🌎
📷: Paul Leakan, NJPC
#birds #birdphotography
📷: Paul Leakan, NJPC
#birds #birdphotography
Next month, Commission staff members will visit several additional properties that were permanently preserved through the Pinelands Conservation Fund. The site visits enable staff to monitor current conditions at those properties.
November 20, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Next month, Commission staff members will visit several additional properties that were permanently preserved through the Pinelands Conservation Fund. The site visits enable staff to monitor current conditions at those properties.
The acquisition was a cooperative effort among the Commission, Atlantic County, and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection's Green Acres program.
November 20, 2025 at 10:32 PM
The acquisition was a cooperative effort among the Commission, Atlantic County, and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection's Green Acres program.
The Commission in July 2009 provided $300,000 from its Pinelands Conservation Fund to Atlantic County, which used the money toward its purchase of the land in Hamilton Township.
November 20, 2025 at 10:32 PM
The Commission in July 2009 provided $300,000 from its Pinelands Conservation Fund to Atlantic County, which used the money toward its purchase of the land in Hamilton Township.