Environmentally sensitive areas have limited ability to broaden tax bases as they're hit with state aid reductions

The exhibition highlights the state’s natural habitats and efforts to protect them

Forestry expert Bob Williams: ‘I think we've done a real poor job of managing them’

With near drought conditions, state forest fire officials reduced prescribed burns this spring and worried about ‘quite a fire season’ ahead

Nonprofit says shortage of state funding limits efforts to protect reserve covering 1.1M acres

Urging support for DEP’s proposed Resilient Environments and Landscapes (REAL) regulations

It ‘will ensure safe motor vehicle access to the entirety of Wharton State Forest while also protecting the Pinelands from further destruction’

Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst and adjacent communities face high wildfire risks each year

Offroad vehicles are a problem ‘in New Jersey writ large,’ official says

State Park Service proposes map to protect habitats, keep people off unsafe roads

Development pressures continue but oversight lags, advocates warn

But encroaching development, pollution and climate change continue to threaten

Examining the progress so far, the prospects of further restoration and the hazards still ahead

DEP seeks solutions to issues over access, conflict between drivers and other users

Map of Brendan T. Byrne State Forest shows 63 miles of trail for authorized motorbike use

The proposed 22-mile natural gas pipeline would have traveled through 10 miles of protected Pinelands forest area.

The owner and operator of B.L. England says it has withdrawn its plan to repower the facility with natural gas, meaning it would no longer ...

The annual State of the Pinelands report describes the threats to the region and an action plan for conservation.

Stockton University opens its new Atlantic City campus with the hope of bolstering the city's revival and university admissions. The campus has residential dorms that ...