We’re back from the Tongass, the nearly 17-million-acre national forest in Southeast Alaska that now sits at the center of some of the most consequential conservation fights in America. The future of ...

A U.S. Forest Service wildland firefighter died Wednesday when a tree hit her while she was responding to a wildfire in ...

Idaho's Michael Boren faces questions during his hearing to become Undersecretary of Agriculture overseeing the U.S. Forest Service. Little confirms that you’re the right choice for the Trump ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A sweeping reorganization of the U.S. Forest Service under the Trump ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock Under a proposed federal policy change, trails in national forests could be presumed open to ATVs, dirt bikes ...

President Donald Trump and his top Cabinet officials have repeatedly blamed the most catastrophic wildfires on poor forest management. His administration, however, appears to be lagging on that very ...

At the end of March, the US Forest Service announced an extensive reorganization that includes closing at least 57 of its 77 research stations across the nation. The agency’s official position is that ...

The US Forest Service has proposed closing some three-quarters of its research sites in a move that has provoked widespread fear and uncertainty. “Overwhelmed.” “Saddened.” “Crushed.” “Demoralized.” ...

On Thursday, two United States Forest Service employees were taken hostage in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest and held captive in a trailer until they were safely released in the early morning ...