Helicopters are essential for firefighting. They can drop 1,000 gallons of water at once — some much more. That’s far more ...

The copperhead is one of the most famous of all snakes in the United States. Along with that fame, people often confuse other ...

New Jersey is home to a rich diversity of snake species, and several of its lakes and rivers are teeming with slithering ...

Visitors to the Wharton State Forest in the New Jersey Pine Barrens can explore rarely seen areas of the historic Batsto ...

The wildfire, which was determined to be the second largest in New Jersey in the past 20 years, consumed more than 15,000 ...

Joseph Kling said there 20 people at the bonfire authorities allege sparked the massive Jones Road wildfire, and 16 remained ...

A man set a bonfire using wooden pallets in New Jersey's Pine Barrens and left them without fully extinguishing the blaze, sparking a quick-moving wildfire with smoke affecting air quality in the ...

The sparing of local residents and homes in this fire was no happy accident. Land use in this area of the state has long been ...

This letter was shared with the editor, and sent to officials at the state Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR). We are writing to ask that you initiate a pause on the logging project ...

The New Jersey man charged with sparking a wildfire that ravaged parts of the Pine Barrens in Ocean County attempted to deny responsibility, blaming it instead on two “Mexicans” he could not ...

A second person has been charged with arson in the wildfire in New Jersey’s Pine Barrens that has grown into the state’s second-largest fire in nearly two decades. Prosecutors said Friday that ...

It was a good time to venture into the Pine Barrens for nature photographs, and that’s what author William Lewis was doing when he came across two young people having a conversation in the most ...