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 ...

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — The Wayne National Forest in Ohio could soon have a new name. Members of the American Indian Tribes and the local community are requesting the USDA Forest Service to change the ...

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 ...

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 ...

As drought conditions continue to intensify across Ohio, farmers in Ashland, Knox and Richland Counties are feeling the effects.

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 ...

GALLIA COUNTY, Ohio — A former Ohio 911 dispatcher has been federally charged with crimes related to at least 24 arson fires in Wayne National Forest since the spring. James Bartels, 50, of Patriot, ...

BROWN TWP. – Ohio Forest Sanctuaries plans to acquire 68 acres of undeveloped land in Carroll County to establish a nature preserve. To purchase the property — located about two miles south of Malvern ...

FOREST, Ohio — Forest, Ohio is a small village in Hardin County, about 10 miles west of Upper Sandusky. Its population is just 1300. Forest was founded in the 1850s and even though the roads have gone ...