The Latest Breaking News from the Forest Service

It may sound like something out of Yogi Bear, but the US Forest Service’s warning to hikers and campers is deadly serious

Firefighters credit a perfect storm of more fires, low wages and dangerously high turnover rates for the trend.

Biden’s efforts to save mature trees are not getting enough Forest Service support, according to some conservationists

Investigation reveals gaps in U.S. Forest Service's prescribed fire program post-wildfire. Recommendations for improvement and enhancing safety measures.

It was the largest and most destructive wildfire in New Mexico’s recorded history

Remember the trees grown around the U.S. from seeds that made it to the Moon? No? Well, there’s a reason for that. Here's the whole true story of the missing moon trees.

Record-setting blazes are becoming more common as the number of skilled wildland firefighters dwindles

The full scope of damage still isn’t known, but some Panhandle residents have returned home. Firefighters continue battling the infernos.

As native trees in the Pacific Northwest die off due to climate changes, the U_S_ Forest Service and others are turning to a strategy called “assisted migration.”

Critics say stronger logging rules needed to protect 25 million acres from "tragic consequences"

The Biden administration is moving to conserve groves of old-growth trees on federal land by revising management plans for national forests and grasslands across the U.S. The proposal Tuesday comes as climate change amplifies the threats that forests face from wildfires, insects and disease