Environmental advocates said on Friday that the Long Island Pine Barrens have exceeded the goals set 26 years ago, with more than 100,000 acres being preserved. The push to preserve the Pine Barrens ...

MANORVILLE, N.Y.-- The Pine Barrens of Long Island span across more than 100,000 acres -- a treasure that sits atop the island's sole source of drinking water. But more and more people are trying to ...

A Long Island construction bigwig is facing up to seven years behind bars for dumping loads of concrete into Suffolk County’s fire-ravaged pine barrens using a truck with a laundry list of safety ...

Officials with the Pine Barrens Commission warn the threat of brush fires in the protected forests of Suffolk County has increased with the lack of rain and unusually dry conditions. The National ...

The wildfires that erupted in eastern Suffolk County last weekend spread through more than 400 acres of woodlands before they were extinguished. But in spite of the alarming billows of smoke, the ...

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, ...

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 to a ...

The view from Connecticut of the wildfire that burned through hundreds of acres on Long Island's East End in March 2025. More wildfires could be in store for Long Island’s East End thanks to a ...