On April 22, 2025, a fire began in a wildlife management area near the town of Waretown in New Jersey. Within two days, the ...

Three-fourths of a vast wildfire in New Jersey's Pine Barrens has been contained, state officials said Monday. The state ...

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

There is an increased risk for rapid fire spread this afternoon across portions of New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania.” ...

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

A local forester believes taking an ecological approach to forest management will help mitigate wildfires similar to the one ...

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Authorities say a man set wooden pallets on fire and failed to properly put them out in New Jersey’s Pine Barrens, sparking a ...

A massive wildfire erupted in New Jersey’s Pine Barrens in April 2025, highlighting the delicate line between nature’s cycles ...

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

The Pine Barrens sit between Philadelphia to the west and the Atlantic coast to the east. In the region with quick-draining sandy soil and trees with still-developing leaves, humidity remains low ...

Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer and Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Shawn LaTourette said the ...