Written in eleven syllable (hendecasyllable) lines with the mixed meter of thoughts, speech, and dreams.

Pineys refers to residents of the pinelands. It was once considered a derogatory name, but now locals use it with pride.

The paper mill, one of the most advanced in the country at the time, sold paper nationwide.
The Pinelands Treefrog is about two inches long. It may be small, but its song fills the night.

Congress created the Pinelands National Reserve (PNR) through the passage of the National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978. The PNR is the first National Reserve in the United States.

The PNR is approximately 1.1 million acres and spans portions of seven counties and all or part of 56 municipalities. The reserve occupies 22% of New Jersey's land area and it is the largest body of open space on the Mid-Atlantic seaboard between Richmond and Boston.

The reserve is home to dozens of rare plant and animal species and the Kirkwood-Cohansey aquifer system, which contains an estimated 17 trillion gallons of water. Its biodiversity consists of more than 900 species of plants and trees, including many species of colorful orchids and carnivorous plants. Swamps, freshwater marshes, and stands of hardwood trees marble through the Pinelands. This includes 12,000 acres of a pygmy forest, an unusual stand of dwarf pines.

Animals that inhabit the Pinelands include bald eagles, red-tailed hawks, peregrine falcons, screech owls, white tailed deer, black bear, flying squirrels, almost sixty species of amphibians and reptiles, and over ninety species of freshwater fish. Its most famous resident is the Pine Barrens tree frog - hyla andersoni.

In 1979, New Jersey formed a partnership with the federal government to preserve, protect and enhance the natural and cultural resources of this special place.

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