Controlled or prescribed fires have been used on Long Island since the 1995 Sunrise Fire near Westhampton to improve habitats ...

Crews responded to the "multi-acre" fire near Mary Ann Forge Road in the Brendan T. Byrne State Forest in Pemberton Township on Wednesday, Oct. 16, the state Forest Fire Service (NJFFS ...

At one point over the weekend, smoke from a South Jersey forest fire could be seen on weather radar, making its way from the ...

Firefighters will continue to vigorously fight accidental wildfires, even in the region's least dense areas, a Suffolk fire ...

Jokes about the Pine Barrens abound. But visitors willing to look closer will find a place steeped in nature, history and ...

The pine barrens is considered a fire-dependent ecosystem, which means the dead section of the forest will regrow quickly, but the immediate concern is the possibility of embers reigniting.

My dissertation research focuses on fire effects on insect functional groups in the New Jersey Pine Barrens. Insects are the most biodiverse animal group in the world, having evolved to occupy many ...