Explore the best bets for hiking trails in Nassau and Suffolk counties, offering thousands of miles through woods, fields and ...

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

Quite the opposite, ecologists argue: Long Island’s pine barrens have burned too little in recent years. If wildfires must be suppressed for public safety, ecologists say, forest managers need ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

But strong air currents combined with dry conditions in the Long Island Pine Barrens could yet pose a problem, said Lewis Scott, the second assistant chief of the Westhampton Beach Fire Department.

Brush fires on New York’s Long Island erupted Saturday, forcing evacuations in the Hamptons and shutting down a major highway as thick smoke billowed .

Officials say no homes burned, crediting volunteer firefighters from across Long Island and the New York National Guard for dumping water on the pine barrens blaze, which was fueled by strong ...

The fires were declared 100% contained on Monday. A New York resident making s'mores in their backyard is suspected of accidentally igniting a series of wildfires over the weekend that swept ...

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency Saturday afternoon as dozens of fire departments responded to Long Island's Pine Barrens to gain control of massive brush fires fueled by ...

Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency Saturday as dozens of fire departments and the National Guard worked to extinguish multiple wildfires that broke out on the South Shore of Long Island ...