Old Pine Farm Information

The Old Pine Farm Land Trust was created in 1992 and later received a Green Acres grant to preserve the site. The Trust's purpose is to conserve the natural aspects of the land and to educate the public about this environmental treasure along Big Timber Creek. It is managed by the Trust with guidance from the New Jersey Conservation Foundation.

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The property is located in Deptford Township and is one of the few remaining natural and protected areas along the highly developed, tidal portion of Big Timber Creek. Its 30 acres offer a variety of terrain including a grassland savanna, a hardwoods uplands, and a thick maple swamp. It is surrounded on three sides by many acres of freshwater, tidal wetlands, an important resource for many species.

                           Grassland savanna.

The Land Trust has a rich hardwoods uplands that has many species of trees including Beech, American Cherry,  Mocker Nut, and 7 species of Oaks. These rich woodlands also contain  populations of ferns and other woodlands species.

                                                                                                                      Marsh Ferns.

A large Maple Swamp is located on the western edge of the trust. Plant species such as the Canada May Apple and the Common Violet are common along its edges.

                     Canada May Apple

Big Timber creek is home to many species of fish including Yellow and White Perch, Largemouth and Striped Bass, Chain Pickerel, Channel and Bullhead Catfish, Carp, American Eel, and Sunfish.  These provide food for the many fish eating birds found in the Creek including, The Great Blue Heron, Green Heron, Great Egret, Snowy Egret, Greater Yellowlegs, Kingfisher and Osprey. Freshwater Clams are common in the creek and its tributaries and Blue Claw Crabs visit the creek when there are low water conditions in the Delaware River.

                                                                                                               Big Timber Creek at Old Pine Farm, low tide. 

The lush, tidal wetlands that surround Old Pine Farm are home for many species of plants, such as Wild Rice, an important food source for many resident and migratory bird species. Other plants that grow in or near wetlands include, Smooth Solomons Seal, Spotted Touch-me-Not, Swamp Rose, Fringed Loosestrife, Cattails, Pickerelweed, Turtlehead, Marsh Marigold, Giant Sunflower, Skiunk Cabbage, and Turk's Cap Lily. 

Tidal wetland at Old Pine Farm

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