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

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

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

The massive brush fire that impacted the East End of Long Island​ is no longer burning in Westhampton, but Forest Rangers worked all day on Sunday to contain the perimeter.

Jokes about the Pine Barrens abound. But visitors willing to look closer will find a place steeped in nature, history and ...

Gathered round Martha’s Pond in New Jersey’s iconic Pine Barrens, students in Claude Epstein’s environmental science class ...

A recent study combining data from more than 76,000 surveys from 35 monitoring programs across the country found butterfly populations declined 22%.

Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency Saturday after four separate fires broke out across large swaths of Long Island’s Pine Barrens region, prompting closures to the highway and evacuations ...