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Prescribed burns

It’s fire season: Here’s why and how state forest rangers conduct prescribed burns

by Mar 28, 2025
The State Department of Environmental Conservation plans to conduct prescribed burns on certain DEC-managed lands in Suffolk County between now and early May.

State conducts prescribed burns on 137 acres in Otis Pike Preserve in Calverton

by Feb 28, 2020
State DEC forest rangers, staff and volunteers have conducted three prescribed burns on 137 acres in the Otis Pike Preserve in Calverton.