NOTE: THIS CACHE IS NOT LOCATED AT THE POSTED COORDINATES
The Huey Farm
One of Hunterdon County’s more unusual farms, a 51-acre parcel in Franklin Township on which carp were raised for sale to Asian markets, has been preserved as open space by the New Jersey Conservation Foundation (NJCF) and its funding partners. The acquisition was celebrated Oct. 16, 2007. NJCF bought the property from retired fish farmer Thomas Huey during the summer, adding it to thousands of preserved acres in the scenic Wickecheoke Creek Preserve. Located off Joe Ent Road, the property features eight spring-fed ponds for raising fish and two finger tributaries of the Wickecheoke.
http://www.njconservation.org/html/10-17-07HueyFarm.htm
The Huey farm is at the headwaters of the Wickecheoke Creek. Preservation of the area will result in cleaner water downstream where the creek flows into the Delaware River. The farm abuts two preserved parcels and is across the road from seven more, for a total of over 600 acres.
NJCF plans to manage the property for passive recreation, including hiking, bird-watching, fishing, picnicking and nature study. A network of marked trails has already been cut through the property’s fields and woods.
For 35 years, the land was used for aquaculture by Huey, the first farmer in America to raise white amur, also known as grass carp. Several newspapers, including the New York Times, published stories on Huey’s farm in the early 1970s, when he first began importing carp fingerlings from his native China to raise in the hills of Hunterdon.
After successfully harvesting up to 20,000 fish per year to sell to wholesalers in New York’s Chinatown, Huey decided to sell his farm because he wanted to retire and none of his four adult children were interested in carrying on the family business.
Among the avian species found on the property at the ponds are great blue heron, double crested cormorant, pintail duck, green wing teal and hooded merganser. The diverse habitats of ponds, mature woods, wetlands and grass create an area for a variety of wild life species. There is much evidence of beaver activity.
The park rangers put the information sign very high so that height disadvantaged people have difficulty reading it. So the answers to the puzzle are all found on the cache page.
Check sum for A+B+C+D= 9
Entrance sign
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Congratulations to One 4 All for their FTF.
Answer the following questions to find the coordinates for Huey 1
a. What kind of fish were raised in the ponds?
Trout = 3
Carp = 0
Bass = 9
b. How many ponds were used for raising fish?
Nine = 3
Eight = 5
Five = 8
c. The preserved are is the headlands for what Creek?
Millstone = 3
South Branch = 8
Wickecheoke = 4
d. The Huey farm was how big?
610 acres = 3
51 acres = 0
5.5 acres = 6
Coordinates N 40 32. 8ab W 74 54.9cd