Why Did Brooklyn’s Biggest Park Light Up in Flames?
In Brooklyn’s Prospect Park on Sunday, onlookers gawked at a charred hilltop, where newly fallen leaves had already obscured ...
New Open Space Institute Study Reveals New York State Parks Are Integral to Healthy Communities
State parks are integral to the fabric of communities throughout New York, enabling people to build meaningful connections with nature and with each other; Visitors appreciate recent and ongoing ...
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Wildfires spread in New York, New Jersey, prompting health advisories
The blaze kills one parks employee and prompts air quality alerts. Meanwhile California wildfire semi-contained.
Brush fire breaks out in Brooklyn's Prospect Park as Northeast drought continues
The fire was in an “extremely dense” part of Prospect Park on a hill, and there were no structures nearby to be threatened, ...
Despite overnight rain on Long Island, wildfires still stoke concern
Long Island remains in a state of moderate drought as the threat of more brush fires persists around the region.
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Fire Crews on Both US Coasts Battle Wildfires
Firefighters battle wildfires on both US coasts, with one fatality and postponed Veterans Day plans in the Northeast.
New wildfires burn in US Northeast while bigger blazes rage out West
More small wildfires have broken out across the northeastern U.S. in a series of blazes officials are blaming on very dry ...
New York state parks worker dies responding to wildfire in Orange County
A state parks worker was killed Saturday while responding to a large wildfire in Orange County that originated across the ...
New York State Parks Worker Dies While Fighting Wildfire
The employee, Dariel Vasquez, was killed while fighting a fire in Sterling Forest in Greenwood Lake, N.Y., the New York State ...
I'm a New Yorker who visited Jackson Hole for the first time. 8 things surprised me.
Business Insider's reporter was surprised by Jackson Hole's luxury airport, spread-out housing, and nature-inspired interior ...
New York mourns state Parks employee, 18, who died battling forest blaze
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — On Saturday, Dariel Vasquez, an 18-year-old New York State Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation ...