Fire Island National Seashore News

Attention all hikers: Several winter hikes and special programs are coming up at Fire Island National Seashore .

Officials say the remnants of Tropical Storm Ida brought severe beach erosion to Long Island's South Shore.

A Rhode Island man successfully landed a disabled small plane on the narrow beach at Fire Island National Seashore in New York, officials say.

Rough surf kept swimmers out of Atlantic waters as Hurricane Bill passed offshore on August 22-23, 2009.

The new $4.6-million Fire Island ferry terminal will open in Patchogue by Jan. 1, federal officials announced yesterday.

MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK, Wash. Karen Lasch and her family recently pulled over their car near a glacier-fed creek in Mount Rainier National Park, piling out for a glimpse of the snowcapped peak in the distance.But she hadn't given much thought to the impact that she, millions of other tourists and the national parks themselves have on the ...

"While the State of New York holds its fair share of National Historic Sites and National Monuments, Long Island offers access to the state's only National Park on the ocean- Fire Island National Seashore- and it is A spectacular site.

Call him a hometown boy! Newly appointed Fire Island National Seashore Superintendent Chris Soller has been something of a fixture on the beach since he was a FINS management assistant in the mid-1980s. He and his partner, Jack Curry, have also owned a home in the Fire Island Pines since 2000.