More controlled fires needed to manage Long Island pine barrens, ecologists say
Firefighters will continue to vigorously fight accidental wildfires, even in the region's least dense areas, a Suffolk fire ...
Five pine barrens forests set to undergo controlled burns this spring to combat wildfires
Controlled or prescribed fires have been used on Long Island since the 1995 Sunrise Fire near Westhampton to improve habitats ...
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New Jersey's Most Mysterious Region Is A Wooded Beauty To Explore Abandoned Towns, Swim, And Hike
The New Jersey Pine Barrens is an area of around 1.1 million ... animals, and carnivorous plants. The ghostly remains of the villages and settlements that grew up around former mining and logging ...
Amid butterfly declines, one species is making a comeback in NY
A recent study combining data from more than 76,000 surveys from 35 monitoring programs across the country found butterfly populations declined 22%.