By the time the danger had passed the morning after fire ripped through 600 acres of the Central Pine Barrens in Westhampton ...

The State Department of Environmental Conservation plans to conduct prescribed burns on certain DEC-managed lands in Suffolk County between now and early May.

Ollie Sweeney, Contributing Writer Earlier this month, a devastating wildfire ripped across Sunrise Highway on Long Island.

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

Dozens of restaurants are teaming up for the launch of a new program, Long Island Wings it Forward, to raise money for ...

I saw firsthand the relentless work of more than 90 fire departments from across Long Island — men and women who fought ... These fires are a wake-up call. The Pine Barrens Preserve, which sits atop a ...

If the longer days have you itching to get out in the garden, consider adding native plants to your landscape design this ...

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

Gusty winds, low humidity and dry conditions are expected to produce elevated fire danger in parts of the Southwest and Northeast on Tuesday following wildfires that erupted on New York’s Long Island ...

That fire was extinguished by about 10:30 a.m., but burning ... of emergency Saturday after four wind-driven fires spread across large swaths of Long Island’s Pine Barrens region, prompting closures ...