The New Jersey Pine Barrens, or Pinelands National Reserve, contains portions of seven of the state’s 21 counties, including Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and Ocean.

Forest fires are a common occurrence in the Pine Barrens, a 1.1 million-acre state and federally protected reserve about the size of the Grand Canyon lying halfway between Philadelphia to the west ...

Forest fires are a common occurrence in the Pine Barrens, a 1.1 million-acre (445,000-hectare) state and federally protected reserve about the size of the Grand Canyon lying halfway between ...