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

A New Jersey woman has been missing for nearly a year after taking a weekend camping trip. Danielle Lopez’s family should have celebrated her 38th birthday during that time. She was last seen walking ...

The brush fire in the pine barrens this weekend ignited in a part of Suffolk County with a history of fires and flare-ups — to some degree a natural part of the ecosystem but also exacerbated ...

There may not be a Jersey Devil, but a lot of strange occurrences happen in the large southern section of New Jersey known as ...

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 ...

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

Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency a day earlier after four separate fires broke out across large swaths of Long Island’s Pine Barrens region ... Brookhaven Town Supervisor Daniel J. Panico ...

Massive brush fires continue to burn in Long Island’s Pine Barrens, officials investigating potential arson, ABC 7 New York reports. Officials are probing the possibility of arson in connection ...

Law enforcement agencies are still interviewing all 911 callers to rule out any possibilities, but they "strongly feel that it was accidental." ...

Firstly, there's a trip to Sandy Hook, which will give you jaw-dropping and unique views of the Big City. Patch says the best ...

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