The Riverhead nonprofit charged with helping to preserve Long Island’s pine barrens — more than 100,000 acres of eastern Suffolk County woods and wetlands that officials say are home to hundreds of ...

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 a ...

Of the 25% of the New Jersey Pine Barrens that is wetland, about 60% consists of hardwood-dominated or pitch pine-dominated communities. Although these swamps have different dominant trees, the shrub ...

Controlled fires could start in the coming days in five state forests in the Long Island pine barrens from Rocky Point to Westhampton, state environmental officials said. During a burn season that ...

If you look at the New Jersey Pine Barrens from the road or the air, it may seem to live up to its name – miles upon miles of endless pitch pine forest. But the ...

Months of drought conditions that haven't let up in New Jersey could be a recipe for one of the state's most intense wildfire seasons this spring. For weeks, New Jersey officials have been warning ...

When I tell someone that the New Jersey Pine Barrens are among my favorite spots for a weekend getaway, they look at me like I just proposed vacationing on Jupiter. I suspect this incredulity has ...

Rowan University has teamed up with the state to figure out the balance between the amount of carbon emitted by New Jersey wetlands, and the amount that gets absorbed.

A man set wooden pallets on fire and failed to properly put them out in New Jersey's Pine Barrens, sparking a quick-moving wildfire with smoke affecting the air quality in the New York City area, ...