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 ...

When I tell someone that the New Jersey Pine Barrens are among my favorite spots for a weekend getaway, they look at me like I just proposed vacationing on Jupiter. I suspect this incredulity ...

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 ...