When I tell someone that the New Jersey Pine Barrens are among my favorite spots ... well-marked hiking trails and uncrowded but lively campgrounds. Several pristine river systems spring from ...

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

Kathy Hochul on Sunday issued a prohibition on most types of outside camping ... Barrens, she said on X. The region affected by the risk — southeastern New York state, northern New Jersey ...

A New Jersey woman has been missing for nearly a year after taking a weekend camping trip. Danielle Lopez’s family should have celebrated her 38th birthday during that time. She was last seen walking ...

The region's prolonged drought has created a flammable landscape heading into the state's peak season for blazes.

The nonprofit Pinelands Preservation Alliance says author John McPhee is donating all current and future royalties from his book "The Pine Barrens" to the organization.

Controlled fires could start in the coming days in five state forests in the Long Island pine barrens from Rocky Point to Westhampton, state environmental officials said. During a burn season that ...

The brush fire in the pine barrens this weekend ignited in a part of Suffolk County with a history of fires and flare-ups — to some degree a natural part of the ecosystem but also exacerbated ...