Controlled or prescribed fires have been used on Long Island since the 1995 Sunrise Fire near Westhampton to improve habitats ...

The State Department of Environmental Conservation plans to conduct prescribed burns on certain DEC-managed lands in Suffolk County between now and early May.

By the time the danger had passed the morning after fire ripped through 600 acres of the Central Pine Barrens in Westhampton ...

Crews responded to the "multi-acre" fire near Mary Ann Forge Road in the Brendan T. Byrne State Forest in Pemberton Township ...

Firefighters will continue to vigorously fight accidental wildfires, even in the region's least dense areas, a Suffolk fire ...

The pine barrens is considered a fire-dependent ecosystem, which means the dead section of the forest will regrow quickly, but the immediate concern is the possibility of embers reigniting.

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

Department of Environmental Conservation forest rangers were in the Pine Barrens on Sunday extinguishing any remaining hotspots and working to establish a full perimeter. Once that happens ...

Batsto Village, New Jersey. Before Jersey was all turnpikes and diners, places like Batsto Village were turning Pine Barrens bog iron into serious business. This preserved town sh ...

When I tell someone that the New Jersey Pine Barrens are among my favorite spots ... wander aimlessly through a monotonous, frozen forest, looking for a Russian commando they thought they ...