Long Island’s vulnerable pine barrens, recently ravaged by wildfires last March, are facing another threat in the form of an ...

Master Sgt. Barry Wood was onboard a military helicopter flying 2,000 feet above Long Island Sound when he recognized his ...

More wildfires could be in store for Long Island’s East End thanks to a tree-killing beetle. A wildfire ripped through about ...

Foresters will use a Suffolk County Fire, Rescue and Emergency Services ... Nina Leonhardt, acting executive director of the Long Island Pine Barrens Society, the nonprofit dedicated to promoting ...

In 2019, she co-wrote a four-part series about the Long Island Pine Barrens, bringing to listeners the sights and sounds of this unique ecosystem nestled in the heart of Suffolk County.

Suffolk County Parks, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Central Pine Barrens Commission and Seatuck. All residents are invited to attend at no ...

After last month’s brush fires, state, county and local organizations began taking stock of the “new normal” in local forests and wooded areas. One point of consensus is the recognition of how both ...

The ruling was in response to a lawsuit brought against the county and farm advocacy agencies by the Pine Barrens Society. Since the October ruling, Suffolk has not issued building permits for any ...