Controlled or prescribed fires have been used on Long Island since the 1995 Sunrise Fire near Westhampton to improve habitats ...

Gathered round Martha’s Pond in New Jersey’s iconic Pine Barrens, students in Claude Epstein’s environmental science class ...

Joe Holt is an aviation pioneer, having battled racial discrimination to eventually teach thousands of future pilots to enjoy ...

Estimates of the bird population vary, but experts say between 300 to 500 species can be found at various times of the year ...

Riverhead Fire Department honored 75-year member Marty Montag, age 98, at fire department headquarters Saturday night. Photos ...

At one point over the weekend, smoke from a South Jersey forest fire could be seen on weather radar, making its way from the ...

A state plan to clear white pines in the Manuel F. Correllus Forest on Martha's Vineyard has caused debate. The state has ...

Supervisor Peter Barber ran through a list of recommendations based on his reading of the plan, which ranged from updating data and photographs in a number of places to some larger issues on which the ...

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has announced that prescribed fire season is currently underway in regions across the state, while spring trout fishing season will begin on ...