Here's the most recent article in the Times Herald Record's web archive, May, 2011. There was a more recent one in March, 2012, but could not find the article. Both have a very positive take on the use of prescribed burns along the ridge.
www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110510/NEWS/105100330&cid=sitesearchAnd, the fire burn plan posted at the Shawangunk Ridge Biodiversity Partnership's web site.
http://www.gunksfireplan.org/burninfo.htmlAnd, a youtube video of the March 2012 burn.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxpZUZ-YMzI