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Ecosystem

Crews battle a brush fire in Suffolk County on April 10, 2012 (credit: CBS 2)

Experts: Brush Fires Necessary For Environment On Long Island

“This is a fire-dependent ecosystem. It has to burn to survive,” said Richard Amper of the L.I. Pine Barens Society.

2012/04/12

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