Controlled or prescribed fires have been used on Long Island since the 1995 Sunrise Fire near Westhampton to improve habitats ...

Across western North America, in millions of acres of pine forest, the story is the same ... to reproduce—even as the extreme cold snaps of fall and spring, which helped keep populations ...

"When the (longleaf pine) seeds fall, they need to have exposed mineral ... A healthy, mature longleaf forest will likely have less than 50 trees per acre, maybe a lot less.

In the fall, it's worth reaching for an entirely different product, which can be found in the forest. Just take a walk and ...