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

A man set a bonfire using wooden pallets in New Jersey's Pine Barrens and left them without fully extinguishing the blaze, ...

Firefighters are making progress with the wildfire in the Pine Barrens section of southern Ocean County. Some 50% of the fire ...

BARNEGAT TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — A fast-moving wildfire still burning in New Jersey on Wednesday forced thousands of people to ...

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

Long Island officials say they've found the people responsible for dumping concrete and furniture in the environmentally ...

Suffolk County and Brookhaven Town officials on Tuesday announced the arrests of two people in separate cases involving alleged illegal dumping in and near the pine barrens, Long Island’s most ...

After two investigations following commercial and residential dumping incidents in the pine barrens, authorities announced the arrest of two individuals. Suffolk County Sheriff Errol Toulon ...

They’re not out of the woods yet. Long Island’s vulnerable pine barrens, recently ravaged by wildfires last March, are facing another threat in the form of an invasive species that could spell ...

Master Sgt. Barry Wood was onboard a military helicopter flying 2,000 feet above Long Island Sound when he recognized his destination — the New York Air National Guard 106th Rescue Wing in ...

A wildfire ripped through about 600 acres of the vulnerable Pine Barrens just one month ago, prompting a statewide residential burn ban in effect through May 14. Started by a backyard campfire ...