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- Atsion Lake - Pinelands ( 39.73989, -74.73128 )
- Batsto Lake - Batsto ( 39.64682, -74.65327 )
- Batsto River - Wharton State Forest ( 39.71014, -74.66747 )
- Great Bay - Graveling Point ( 39.53959, -74.38821 )
- Great Bay - Motts Creek ( 39.51826, -74.43637 )
- Mullica River - Batsto ( 39.63973, -74.65889 )
- Mullica River - Crowley Landing ( 39.62640, -74.61922 )
- Mullica River - Hay Road Beach ( 39.57349, -74.53943 )
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- Pompton River - Follari Tract ( 40.98011, -74.29032 )
- Potash Lake - Ramapo River ( 41.02250, -74.25936 )
- Ramapo River - Glen Gray Rd ( 41.05339, -74.22408 )
- Ramapo River - Great Oak Park ( 41.01630, -74.26106 )
- Ramapo River - Halifax Rd ( 41.08543, -74.18332 )
- Ramapo River - Pompton Lake (E) ( 41.00056, -74.27621 )
- Ramapo River - Pompton Lake (N) ( 41.00602, -74.27796 )
- Ramapo River - Pompton Lake (W) ( 41.00392, -74.28272 )
- Ramapo River - Ramapo Reservation ( 41.07835, -74.18937 )
- Ramapo River - Stiles Park ( 40.98695, -74.28014 )
- Ramapo River - West Mahwah ( 41.10486, -74.15591 )
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By Ronald M. Clayton
Illustrations by author
Maintaining an aquarium filled with local fish and other aquatics can be an enjoyable, learning experience, and give you a good excuse to get out and stomp around in your local pond or stream. It’s fun collecting new animals and plants to add to the aquarium, to replace ones that have died, or as food for your locally acquired fish, and learning about your wildlife is a fascinating part of the experience. In the shimmering shallows and mysterious depths of almost any nearby body of water thrives a whole world of living things, some very ugly and some very beautiful – the variety will amaze you. If you are interested in providing inexpensive recreation and education for yourself and perhaps your family, read on.
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Dragonflies

Dragonflies are aerial predators with a strong liking for water, so you are very likely to get ‘buzzed’ while out kayaking. They are harmless to humans. Dragonfly larvae are fully aquatic little nightmares. There are many kinds of dragonflies in the region, too many to list.
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