This week’s hike is on the Houghton Forest Trails, part of Houghton University in Allegany County. The university maintains ...

This summer, more travelers are stepping away from screens and seeking out places where nature takes center stage. That craving for deeper connection and a ... Read moreThe post America ...

The American Midwest is known for many quirks, from its bars on basically every corner to its hilarious obsession with cheese. Wisconsin once even had a huge part in car manufacturing. Something the ...

For Allegheny National Forest, that’s capped at an annual harvest of 54.1 million board feet, as defined by its ongoing 2007 forest management plan. “These are our national treasures.

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 ...

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And the regulatory steps are many and arduous, said Amy Shields, executive director of Allegheny Hardwood Utilization Group, a nonprofit forest industry association partially funded by the state ...

While Deer Valley Road is typically closed each year from Dec. 15 to April 15 under the Forest’s Motorized Vehicle Use Map, this year’s heavy snowpack extended seasonal closures through May 31.

The Trump administration wants to increase timber harvesting in the more than 100 million acres of national forests and is targeting Ohio's only national forest as part of the effort. Ohio is home to ...

The Bridger-Teton National Forest’s Jackson District announced updates on conditions visitors should expect to find on roads and trails as wildlife winter range areas open on the Forest May 1, 2025, ...

Allegheny National Forest has very little young forest. A 2016 report by the U.S. Forest Service found just over 3% of the area was dominated by grass, brush and immature trees, far under the 8% ...

Rivers in Allegheny National Forest are home to the eastern hellbender, Pennsylvanian’s state amphibian, which the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently proposed to designate as an endangered ...