Since 2009, the DEC has enforced the annual brush-burning ban to prevent wildfires and protect communities and first ...

The massive brush fire that impacted the East End of Long Island​ is no longer burning in Westhampton, but Forest Rangers ...

Acting Commissioner Amanda Lefton of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation announced that the annual ...

Four separate fires blanketed Long Island’s East End Saturday, as thick black smoke filled the sky, threatening homes ...

Wind-driven brush fires that burned on New York’s Long Island over the weekend, injuring two firefighters and sending large ...

The blaze grew to 150 acres Wednesday night, but officials added that it was 50% contained. New Jersey forest fire officials say a wildfire is considered "major" after it exceeds 100 acres. An ...

Suffolk County authorities are investigating whether an arsonist is responsible for this weekend's brush fires that blackened more than 600 acres on Long Island's East End and has firefighters ...

The annual statewide ban prohibiting residential brush burning begins Sunday and runs through May 14. Since 2009, DEC has ...

With wildfire season already marking its presence through a massive fire this past weekend on Long Island, the urgency to ...

Strong winds and dry conditions fueled fires and dust storms last week. Dust kicked up by the winds traveled as far as West ...

That drought we experienced in the autumn? It’s not over yet, at least for much of the four-state watershed. (New York ...