AMHERST, Va. (AP) - Officials say a wildfire in the George Washington National Forest in Amherst County has spread to 1,200 acres.

The pipeline would run in part through the George Washington National Forest, where a 0.1-mile segment of the pipeline would cross about 600 feet (about 183 meters) beneath the Appalachian Trail.

Mount Rogers National Recreation has opened locations in Wythe, Carroll, and Grayson counties, but only the areas east of VA Hwy 16 south of I-81. Forest service roads in Grayson County west of ...

The USDA includes the National Forest Service, which runs the George Washington in west-central Virginia. About 10 percent of the forest lies in West Virginia.

The USDA Forest Service is working to address the Elizabeth Fire located on the northern region of the George Washington National Forest. The fire is currently estimated at 30 acres and is being ...

State police spokesman Sgt. F.L. Tyler says the Cessna 172S single-engine, fixed-wing plane crashed Sunday morning in a remote area in the George Washington National Forest.

On July 30, Tom Speaks, Forest Supervisor of the George Washington and Jefferson National Forest, submitted a report to Kimberly Bose, Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC ...

The U.S. Forest Service originally planned to ban fracking in the 1.1 million-acre George Washington National Forest, but energy companies cried foul after a draft of the plan was released in 2011.