Forecasters are warning of low humidity and gusty wind increased the risk fire could spread across parts of New Jersey, ...

A Long Island construction bigwig is facing up to seven years behind bars for dumping loads of concrete into Suffolk County’s ...

Authorities say a man set wooden pallets on fire and failed to properly put them out in New Jersey’s Pine Barrens, sparking a ...

acting executive director of the Long Island Pine Barrens Society, a nonprofit that promotes preservation of the area, called dumping "a major concern." Solid material can be a fire hazard and ...

After two investigations following commercial and residential dumping incidents in the pine barrens, authorities ... dumping is lazy and harmful to our Island’s environment and taxpayers ...

A man set a bonfire using wooden pallets in New Jersey’s Pine ... Long Island’s Nassau and Suffolk counties, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation advised Wednesday. The ...

Joao Abreu, of Port Jefferson, allegedly dumped 24 tons of concrete in a wooded area off Long Island Avenue in Yaphank, on the outskirts of the Pine Barrens. Authorities say he faces up to 7 years ...

Forest fires are a common occurrence in the Pine Barrens ... safety of crews battling the fire,” the company said. Air quality warning issued for NYC and Long Island as wildfire in NJ spreads ...

Long Island officials say they've found the people responsible for dumping concrete and furniture in the environmentally sensitive Pine Barrens. CBS News New York's Carolyn Gusoff tells us how the ...