OCCUPATIONAL AREAS OF THE PINELANDS AND THE CALENDAR YEAR (Adapted from Mary Hufford, One Space, Many Places: Folklife and Land Use in New Jersey's Pinelands National Reserve, page, 45.)

WOODLANDS

December:

gather pine cones
cut cedar, cordwood, pulpwood
guide deer hunters
trap fur - bearing animals

January:

gather brown indian grass and birch whips
maintain equipment
prune blueberry bushes
trap fur-bearing animals

February:

gather sweethuck
mill and season lumber
"control burn" woods

March:

same as February
gather scraps from sawmills

April:

look for wild mustard
gather spring broccoli

May:

trap snapping turtles
gather pepper grass

June:

trap snapping turtles
gather cattails, fluffy indian grass

July:

pick swamp huckleberries
assist herpetologists and botanists
operate private campgrounds and game preserves
gather reed plumes and sphagnum moss

August:

assist herpetologists and botanists
operate private campgrounds and game preserves
trap snapping turtles

September:

dry plant materials
gather coffee grass and acorn sprays
operate private campgrounds and game preserves
pick cranberries

October:

lumbering, building causeways
guide deer hunters
pick cranberries
gather acorn sprays, coffee grass

November:

gather grapevines and sweetgum. balls
lumbering, build causeways
guide deer hunters