Bridge to the Barrens Blog

It was hard to miss the news on the weekend of March 8, 2025. Six hundred (600) acres of beautiful...

If you haven’t been keeping up with the Long Island Pine Barrens Society’s “The Best of the Rest” initiative, you...

With the first 12 for 12 of 2025 coming in just one more week (a hint for you loyal blog...

Tomorrow, it will be the first day of winter, the season whose frigid gales blow us into the new year....

The end of election season is always a welcome thing. No more incessant political ads, no more shrieking talking heads,...

Here at the Long Island Pine Barrens Society, we talk a lot about water quality. And why shouldn’t we? We...

We’re just a little over a month away from the Long Island Pine Barrens Society’s biggest annual event: the gala!...

August is National Water Quality Month! Chances are, if you’re an avid peruser of this website and reader of this...

If you’ve paid any attention to the Long Island Pine Barrens Society these past two years, you’re sure to have...

For over a decade, the Long Island Pine Barrens Society has provided Long Island’s middle school students the opportunity to...

If you’ve been following the Long Island Pine Barrens Society’s social media accounts (facebook.com/PineBarrensSociety and @lipinebarrens on Instagram) then you’ve...

As the weather gets warmer, few things are more alluring than hunkering down in the shade of a pitch pine...

For many, birds are the highlight of their time in the Pine Barrens. Yet, even after years of casual birding,...

If you’ve hiked across the Island at all, you’ve probably noticed that seating options tend to range fairly widely across...

If you’re in any way involved in environmental protection efforts, then you’ve already seen the news that 2023 was the...

Last year we held a yearly wrap up on our social media accounts. It was an enjoyable way for us...

As anyone who’s ever had to take a back road on the north shore can tell you, Long Island has...

Last week, we hosted our 46th Annual Environmental Gala! There was quite a leadup to the event itself, and after...

The topic of water quality and quantity is very much so central to the LIPBS’s core mission. If the Pine...

Summer has nearly come and gone; did everyone get to have some fun out in the sun? Even if you...