A sign at Wayne National Forest's Athens Ranger Station on U.S. Route 33 in Nelsonville is among many that would have to be replaced if Ohio's only national forest undergoes a proposed name change to ...

A clash over the name of a national forest is picking up steam in Ohio. Wayne National Forest, named after Revolutionary War Maj. Gen. Anthony Wayne, is in southeast Ohio, about 60 miles from Columbus ...

WASHINGTON, D. C. – Native American tribes whom Gen. Anthony Wayne helped remove from Ohio more than 200 years now want to remove his name from the Southeast Ohio’s Wayne National Forest. The Forest ...

Wayne National Forest is named for “Mad” Anthony Wayne, a Revolutionary War general who later fought Native Americans in Ohio Credit: Zack Frank Credit: Zack Frank The name of Ohio’s only national ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a proposal in August for Ohio’s sole national forest to undergo a name change, after pleas from Indigenous tribes — and to the ...

Ohio's only national forest, the Wayne National Forest, is facing a new and alarming threat. Under a recent push by the Trump administration to expand logging on public lands, this forest could soon ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Who was Gen. “Mad” Anthony Wayne? To some, he was a barbarian, who committed atrocities against the indigenous peoples of Ohio. To others, he was a brave patriot, essential to the ...

When the United States Forest Service in August proposed renaming the Wayne National Forest, people flooded the agency with emails, calls, letters and texts. The 1,100 responses during a two-week ...

Now covered in moss, these concrete remnants once stood outside the entrance to a mine in Athens County. A local organization is trying to reclaim the space. They envision a playground here. The woods ...