More controlled fires needed to manage Long Island pine barrens, ecologists say
Firefighters will continue to vigorously fight accidental wildfires, even in the region's least dense areas, a Suffolk fire ...
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Billboards highlight N.J. woman who vanished during Pine Barrens camping trip
Highway billboards are now being used to publicize the case of a Burlington County woman who was reported missing after going on a camping trip in the Pine Barrens ... a two-door, blue Hyundai ...
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New York wildfire: Roads closed as helicopters rain water over blazing pine barrens in Long Island
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 ...
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Tree-killing Southern pine beetles adding fuel for next fire, Suffolk County Executive Romaine says
Strong gusts and an abundance of parched brush fed the Westhampton fire that scorched 400 acres in the pine barrens this weekend ... with the movement of water and nutrients.