New York state's burn ban went into effect Sunday and prohibits brush burning and other open fires within the state borders through mid-May. Since 2009, the state Department of Environmental ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation welcomed nine new graduates to the New York State Forest Rangers. The graduation ceremony was held in Albany ...

SCHUYLERVILLE, N.Y. -- New York Army National Guard helicopter crews partnered with state Department of Environmental Conservation Forest Rangers to hone their firefighting skills along the Hudson ...

GREENWOOD LAKE, N.Y. — A Parks and Recreation aide died Saturday, Nov. 9, while fighting a forest fire in Orange County, according to a statement from New York State Police. The statement said ...

A hiker from New Jersey was found dead on a trail in the Catskill Mountains in upstate New York, police said Tuesday.. Linhu Jin, a 54-year-old man from Palisades Park, N.J., was discovered ...

An 18-year-old volunteer firefighter was killed by a falling tree on Saturday while battling a wildfire spanning the border between North Jersey and New York in Sterling Forest. The New York State ...

ALBANY — A total of $1.35 million is now available through the fourth round of the Forest Conservation Easements ... owned forested land in New York State for the purpose ... Map Rentals Map Non ...

Mannsville, N.Y. — An Oswego County man has finished his bike ride across the country, raising more than $7,000 for Winona State Forest in Jefferson County. Pat McFalls, 65, of Oswego, rode into ...

A New York state forest ranger, Dariel Vasquez, 18, died on Nov. 9 while fighting the raging fire. His funeral was scheduled ...

By Paradise Afshar and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — An 18-year-old New York State Forest Ranger volunteer died Saturday while responding to a wildfire near the New York-New Jersey border that sent ...

Drought conditions fueling New York and New Jersey fires. Fires have been breaking out across the states this week as the drought affecting the Tri-State Area stretches on. "New Jersey Forest Fire ...