Prescribed Burns

If you've smelled smoke and even seen ash falling from the sky in Ocean County recently, it's all part of the efforts to prevent uncontrolled wildfires.

While there's still about a month left for controlled burns, New Jersey State Forest Fire Service crews are taking advantage of each dry day with low winds to gain progress against potential summer Pinelands wildfires. Today's prescribed burns take place in Stafford and Lacey Townships.

The New Jersey Forest Fire Service is extending its controlled burning season due to this winter's severe weather. Controlled or "prescribed" burns generally take place between the end of November and the middle of March, but the extremely cold and wet conditions have prompted officials to extend this year's time frame until April 1...

Following up on our post yesterday about "Prescribed Burn" season in New Jersey, the New Jersey Forest Fire Service just issued a number of alerts for controlled burns that are taking place today.

The sight of heavy smoke rising from the Pine Barrens always makes us here in Ocean County look twice, but this time of year it's not always a bad thing.