Long before John McPhee’s The Pine Barrens was published, New Jersey’s vast, dreamlike swath of sand and scrubby pines was ...

The New Jersey Pine Barrens is an area of around 1.1 million ... and former logging trails, making it a superb place to explore by foot. There are an abundance of fantastic hiking trails ...

Trailing Arbutus gets half of its English name from the Latin name of a related group of shrubs that are called Madrones in ...

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 ...

Batsto Village, New Jersey. Before Jersey was all turnpikes and diners, places like Batsto Village were turning Pine Barrens bog iron into serious business. This preserved town sh ...

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

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

When I tell someone that the New Jersey Pine Barrens are among my favorite spots ... the unspoiled woods are filled with miles of well-marked hiking trails and uncrowded but lively campgrounds.