Perhaps to soften his prickly culture warrior image, U.S. Rep. Randy Fine filed a bill to authorize a study of the Ocala National Forest with the goal of including it in the national park system and ...

Hundreds of miles of trails snake through mountain balds, valleys, waterfalls and backcountry in more than half a million East Tennessee acres. Centuries ago, the people who lived on that land were ...

The controversial and slow-moving forest management plan inside the Hoosier National Forest hit another roadblock last week. All related activities — including timber sales, prescribed burns, road ...

A coalition of eight states, led by Washington and California, is urging the U.S. Forest Service to drop its plan to repeal the Roadless Area Conservation Rule, which protects 45 million acres of ...

The Trump administration intends to scrap the Forest Service’s “roadless rule” which for nearly a quarter-century has protected over 6 million acres of federal forest land in Montana from most new ...

It’s remarkable how much joy a road trip can bring! These scenes of a family exploring the Sierra National Forest, California, by camper van show you how easy – and rewarding – it is to pack up and go ...

In the political realm, candidates sometimes refer to an election victory with 55% of the vote as a "landslide." What would you call 99%? Based on an assessment of recent public input, it appears ...

OLYMPIC NATIONAL FOREST, Wash. — The U.S. Forest Service is facing mounting pressure to abandon plans that could open approximately 45 million acres of national forests to development, a move critics ...

During his more than three decades working for the U.S. Forest Service, Scott Fitzwilliams endured his fair share of government shutdowns. There was a 35-day partial shutdown — the longest in the ...

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- It's been more than one month since the Garnet Fire was sparked by lightning. Since then, thousands of firefighters from across the country traveled to help battle the ...

GRANGEVILLE, Idaho -- An Idaho Department of Lands firefighter was killed Friday evening while helping with a prescribed fire in the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest. Isabella Oscarson was a ...