Satellite imagery helps to identify two hotspots of deforestation in the Atlantic Forest along Brazil’s eastern coast.

Follow in the footsteps of the Buffalo Soldiers, who guarded parks and created trails in Yosemite, Sequoia, and Hawai’i ...

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Taking your kids hiking with you is one of the most powerful things you can do to foster a lifelong love of the outdoors.

Before using LiDAR to map it, we didn’t know where it was. You had to stumble upon it, the old forest, to find it or to know about it. Now we’ve got a map. The older stands are blue magenta.

In Asheville, Hot Springs and other towns that cater to hikers, many restaurants, hotels and Airbnb’s have reopened. Road repair work in the mountains is still underway, the N.C. Department of ...

The Appalachian Trail Conservancy regularly updates its interactive map showing the status of the trail. The U.S. Forest Service also updates trail information through the web page for the ...

BUNCOMBE COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — Here's some great news for hikers: A part of the Appalachian Trail in Western North Carolina has reopened nearly four and a half months after Helene. The forest ...

Sen. Mark Peake, R-Lynchburg, sponsored a bill that would restrict Appalachian Power rate increases and disconnections. "The rates are too darn high,” he said Tuesday. Photo by Bob Brown. A bipartisan ...

Appalachian Mountain Rescue Team and Jackson County Sheriff's Office. According to the release, Houghton was a resident of Jackson County, N.C., and volunteered in the Great Smoky Mountains ...

An attempt to break up the monopoly that Appalachian Power Co. holds on electricity in Western Virginia by offering a cheaper alternative to customers failed Monday in a General Assembly committee.

The Conservation Fund announced the completion of the easement on Jan. 23 after working with a local property owner and organizations since 1999 to conserve the property.