NJ Forest Fire Service

The Department of Environmental Protection is urging New Jersey residents to check trees on their property for signs of beech leaf disease and report their findings to the New Jersey Forest Service, Commissioner Shawn M. LaTourette announced today. Beech leaf disease was first detected in Bergen and Essex counties in summer 2020 and is now confirmed in 10 additional counties.

Very High Wildfire Danger Persists. Tower to be lit up.

It has been and extremely dry season out there. According to the USDA Northeast Climate Hub online, monitoring drought conditions, our area has had...

Most days, and lately more often than not, our Fire Towers have had available 'fire observers' stationed high above us in all of New...

Despite the drizzle, adequate rainfall has been very low, and the State has called up retirees and part-timers to occupy the fire towers. According...

Grey Towers National Historic Site, Milford, Pennsylvania, less than a 45-minute drive from Blairstown, New Jersey (50+ min. if you follow scenic Route 209...

The emerald ash borer, or EAB, is an invasive insect from Asia that has been quickly marching, or munching, its way across America for two decades. From Detroit, where it is believed to have arrived, it has since spread at a rate of 1/2-mile per year coming to New Jersey in 2014.

The New Jersey Forest Fire Service will soon begin conducting prescribed burning to reduce vegetation and debris that may contribute to the start and...