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Ocean Township fire: Wildfire in Barnegat, Waretown closes Parkway grows to 1,200 acres.
An uncontained wildfire in the Pine Barrens of southern Ocean County has grown to 1,200 acres and forced the closure of the ...
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The Pine Barrens of New Jersey: Fire-Dependent Ecosystems and Their Unique Flora and Fauna
If you think of New Jersey as highways and crowded beaches, prepare to be astonished. Tucked away in the heart of the state ...
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Without more rain, Pine Barrens in South Jersey is primed for wildfires this spring
The region's prolonged drought has created a flammable landscape heading into the state's peak season for blazes.
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He helped save the Pine Barrens in 1968. Now his help will never end.
Long before John McPhee’s “The Pine Barrens” was published, New Jersey’s vast, dreamlike swath of sand and scrubby pines was seen as a wasteland by the unfamiliar, a place full of pirate ...