JACKSON — The sandy "road" to Mount Tabor, one of the highest peaks in the Pine Barrens, is littered with ditches that could swallow a sedan whole. Fortunately, Jason Howell’s truck was up to ...

Land in the Central Pine Barrens Core Preservation Area can never be developed, but Addie Mattei said she has paid taxes for years on a 1.1.-acre parcel: "I knew it was not a million-dollar piece ...

Brookhaven National Laboratory, which has nearly 3,300 acres of pine barrens on its 5,600-acre campus in Upton, was the site of a 23-acre prescribed burn near Ridge in July.

A New Jersey couple mysteriously vanished after venturing into the Pine Barrens. Gary Parker, 67, and his wife Lorraine, 60, of Warren Grove, N.J., drove into the protected wilderness reserve that ...

The New Jersey Pine Barrens are about 160 miles from Washington. Take Interstate 95 north to Interstate 295 and cross the Delaware Memorial Bridge into New Jersey. Exit onto Route 40 east, then ...

The Mullica River flows through the New Jersey Pine Barrens, a 1.1 million-acre region in southern New Jersey. (Jesse Smith/For The Washington Post) ...

Pine Barrens gentians may be New Jersey’s most beautiful native flower – and they’re a valuable late-season food source for pollinating insects that need a boost of nutrition to aid in over ...