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The Coconino National Forest will implement Stage 1 fire restrictions beginning May 30, in an effort to prevent human-caused wildfires during dangerous fire weather conditions.
Staff cuts have led to Idaho’s Payette National Forest shutting down multiple ranger offices, echoing closures by the Sawtooth National Forest earlier.
Trees in New York’s only national forest could be cut down at an accelerated rate under an order by President Donald Trump to increase timber production in national forests by 25 percent.
Rangers in the Tonto National Forest are warning visitors to stay out of Apache Lake due to an algae bloom recently detected. By Mitchell Koch Published : May 30, 2025 at 8:19 AM MST ...
An Idaho national forest announced that it will temporarily shutter some of its district ranger stations due to short-staffing, the second forest to do so in recent weeks after deep cuts to the U ...
The horrifying scene unfolded when the bodies of Pandora Kjolsrud, 18, and Evan Clark, 17, were discovered in the Tonto National Forest near Mount Ord on the morning of May 27.
It is burning between Quemado Lake and Escondido Mountain, moving to the northeast. Start Date / Time: 05/26/25 Cause: n/a Size: Estimated 40 acres Location: North of Quemado Lake on the Gila ...
A storm hit the southern portion of the Los Padres National Forest Saturday night. The storm generated over 2,500 lightning strikes and 4 small fires in the southwest Mount Pinos District.
The Trump administration’s nominee to oversee the Forest Service is facing a new dispute over his use of land managed by the agency. Michael Boren, the pick for Agriculture Department ...
CATRON COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) – Firefighters are continuing to respond to the Paradise Fire north of Quemado Lake on the Gila National Forest on Thursday. Officials say the fire may have been cau… ...
The Forest Service, part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, ultimately rehired four of the workers it had laid off, for a net loss of 15 in the two national forests that run along the spine of ...