Master Sgt. Barry Wood was onboard a military helicopter flying 2,000 feet above Long Island Sound when he recognized his ...

Firefighters have gained control over much of the Pine Barrens wildfires that scorched hundreds of acres along Sunrise Highway this weekend, but officials remain on alert as winds continue to pose ...

Long Island’s vulnerable pine barrens, recently ravaged by wildfires last March, are facing another threat in the form of an ...

More wildfires could be in store for Long Island’s East End thanks to a tree-killing beetle. A wildfire ripped through about ...

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

Sarnoff and Dwarf Pine, all in Suffolk’s pine barrens. "This is a fire-adapted ecosystem,” said Stony Brook-based DEC ranger Bryan Gallagher, a specially trained "burn boss” who helps plan ...

But strong air currents combined with dry conditions in the Long Island Pine Barrens could yet pose a problem, said Lewis Scott, the second assistant chief of the Westhampton Beach Fire Department.

Governor Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency as state agencies responded to fires in the Pine Barrens, a wooded area near commuter towns east of New York City. She warned that homes ...

GRAYLING, MI – Saving the Kirtland’s warbler from extinction is touted among the greatest conservation achievements in Michigan history.

Evacuation orders were issued near the Jubilee Trail in Pine as fire crews responded to what they called a “slow-moving grass ...