Silhouetted against trees in a forest. Image by Raggedstone via Depositphotos ... via Wikimedia Commons A centuries-old folklore of New Jersey’s Pine Barrens speaks of a creature named the Jersey ...

authorities periodically thin out the pine barrens by cutting and removing smaller trees and conducting controlled burns, according to Bryan Gallagher, State Forest Ranger at the DEC. Brush fires ...

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 ...

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 ...

A brush fire is ripping through Long Island, New York. The fire broke out in the Pine Barrens near Westhampton. It is spreading along the Sunrise Highway. A brush fire is ripping through Long ...

All four Long Island brush fires that sent soaring plumes of smoke into the air had been contained by Sunday afternoon, authorities said. Two firefighters were hurt battling the blazes but released ...

From the Hudson to the Taconics is a new field guide that helps readers identify and engage with 36 distinct habitats found ...

The four fires combined to torch about 600 acres across the Pine Barrens in Suffolk County, according to county executive Ed Romaine. More than 90 departments responded to the blazes to keep them ...

Four wildfires erupted at the edge of the Hamptons Saturday — sending residents into a panic and prompting Gov. Hochul to declare a state of emergency and warn the dangerous situation could ...

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