After devastation of Helene, lawsuit says forest plan for Pisgah, Nantahala pushes too much logging, at same time Trump wants ...

In an old-growth longleaf pine savanna, the trees’ pine needles sing in the wind. Once considered forests, these landscapes in the southeastern U.S. coastal plain are open-canopied and sunny, more ...

The new Western Forest area will include a mix of 20m newly-planted trees and restored woodland Twenty million trees will be planted and 2,500 hectares (6,178 acres) of new woodland created in the ...

Wildfires have been burning in Western ... N.C. Forest Service wildfire map, by 8 p.m. Wednesday, the fire had grown to 175 acres and was 0% contained. The U.S. Forest Service and the North ...

About 100 yards away, he could see the flames moving amid the forest. In March, wildfires erupted across Western North Carolina, burning nearly 18,000 acres through an abundance of dry fuels and ...

The wildfire burning Thursday in western North Carolina is now the "highest priority fire in the U.S," the state Forest Service said as millions of residents across the parched region remained ...