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Division to Stock Dog Training Areas
The NJ DEP Division of Fish and Wildlife announces that 11 Dog Training Areas will be stocked with quail prior to November 7 opening of the small game season. Quail are stocked for dog training purposes only. Dog training areas are located within the following WMAs and will be stocked afternoons of October 2, 9, 16, 23: Whittingham, Pequest, Black River, Clinton, Assunpink, Manasquan, Colliers Mills, Stafford Forge, Glassboro, Millville Tuckahoe.
All dogs must be properly licensed. Hunters should note that they may exercise or train dogs on any WMA from September 1 to April 30; however, the exercising or training of dogs is prohibited on any WMA on November 6, 2009.
More information on division dog training areas & regulations: http://www.njfishandwildlife.com/dogtrain.htm

Ruff Hikes by Walter O'Brien, correspondent, Courier News

It's the perfect time of year to hit the hiking trails, and New Jersey has some of the best in the country. But you wouldn't go off into the woods and leave your favorite four-footed friend home alone, would you? Your dog loves the great outdoors as much as you do... Jasch ... has researched the best spots first-hand.

(A) favorite is Six Mile Run Reservoir Site, part of the Delaware & Raritan Canal State Park in Franklin Township (Somerset County). "You have to cross Six Mile Run, a feisty little creek that can be pretty deep after a rainfall," Jasch said. "Once I was up to my knees but I just started wading across and I felt like a kid again, playing in the woods. My dog loved it, and he went for a little swim." (The Courier News, May 13, 2007)


Six Mile Run


Hike with Your Dog by Elisa D. Keller, staff writer, The New Jersey Sunday Herald

As Mary Jasch's truck pulled into the Kittle Field parking lot in Stokes State Forest, her passenger's excitement was palpable. Farley, her 12-year-old Labrador and German Shepherd mix, was going to join her on a hike. .........

(Montague resident Lance) Casper added, "Humans like the hike itself because of the scenic value. Some of the hikes are very historic, and and you can do the hike one time, do it a second time and see something different. It may be a different time of year. You may see different flowers blooming.


Pochuck Boardwalk - late summer


Pochuck Boardwalk - winter

"And winter hikes are great because you see so many footprints," said Casper. His dog's attitude, he chuckles, is "Just take me. I'll go anywhere you take me." (New Jersey Sunday Herald, June 24, 2007)

Recorder Newspapers, New Jersey Conservation Foundation

Trail Walker, New York-New Jersey Trail Conference