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, Jr., said ...

Environmental advocate Richard Amper died of a heart condition Monday in hospice. Amper was well known for his role as executive director of the Long Island Pine Barrens Society. Under his leadership, ...

A Medford-based landscaping company will pay a $100,000 penalty after the company chopped down trees, bulldozed land and excavated soil in the protected Long Island Central Pine Barrens 12 years ago ...

The brush fire in the pine barrens this weekend ignited in a part of Suffolk County with a history of fires and flare-ups — to some degree a natural part of the ecosystem but also exacerbated by Long ...

On Friday, July 19, 2024, the updated Central Pine Barrens Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP) goes into effect. The Central Pine Barrens Commission (Commission) adopted certain revisions to Articles ...

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 ...