Controlled fires could start in the coming days in five state forests in the Long Island pine barrens from Rocky Point to Westhampton, state environmental officials said. During a burn season that ...

Sarnoff Pine Barrens State Forest in Riverhead ... Last weekend’s fires broke out in a rare ecosystem of dwarf pitch pines, a variety that grows no more than about 20 feet high and is found ...

Tucked away in the heart of the state is a vast, mysterious wilderness that feels worlds apart from city life—the Pine Barrens. Imagine a landscape where ancient pines rise from sandy soil ...

Credit: U.S. Geological Survey/Wanmei Liang The Pine Barrens, also known as the Pinelands, is located in southeastern New Jersey. It's a sprawling ecosystem covering about 1.1 million to 1.4 ...

The pygmy rattlesnake lives in the pine barrens of Sand Hills State Forest in Chesterfield County. Their small size — no more than 2 feet — and coloring make them hard to see and their faint ...

WARETOWN, N.J. (AP) — Three-fourths of a vast wildfire in New Jersey's Pine Barrens has been contained, state officials said Monday. The state Forest Fire Service said the blaze in southern New ...

A Long Island landscaper will pay $100,000 in a settlement reached with New York Attorney General Letitia James and the Central Pine Barrens Joint Planning and Policy Commission. In the settlement ...

An old timer living a solitary life in the wilds of the New Jersey Pinelands is in no hurry to work as the day dawns. Woodcutter and forager Bill Wasiowich is taking it easier and doing ...

The Pine Barrens, also known as the Pinelands, is located in southeastern New Jersey. It's a sprawling ecosystem covering about 1.1 million to 1.4 million acres (445,000 to 567,000 hectares).