Otis Pike Preserve

State DEC forest rangers, staff and volunteers have conducted three prescribed burns on 137 acres in the Otis Pike Preserve in Calverton.

The state has purchased a 38-acre parcel in the Central Pine Barrens core preservation area in Manorville for $945,000.

Health officials are warning residents to stay out of local waters where blue-green algae has been found. Sampling performed by Stony Brook University scientists has...