Hidden high in the White Mountains of eastern California, a gnarled, weathered tree quietly holds a staggering secret — it’s nearly 5,000 years old.

The High Lakes Recreation Area of Santiam State Forest, including popular Rhody Lake, reopened this month after being closed ...

The soil in high-elevation, cooler, drier tropical forests in the Colombian Andes stores more carbon from fires than lower, ...

"One summer, the rain was particularly heavy. A mudslide came down the mountain, destroying the station's building. We had to ...

CEDAR MOUNTAIN — A popular trail at DuPont State Recreational Forest (DSRF) is undergoing improvements, resulting in a temporary trail closure. Improvements to the two-and-a-half-mile trail will ...

This section of the Green Mountain National Forest is served by the Middlebury/Rochester Ranger District, 99 Ranger Road, Rochester, VT 05767, (802)-767-4261 ...

In California, Forest Service stock plunged from 2,000 horses and mules in the early 20th century to around 100 in 2022. The loss of pack animals has slowly but surely altered the public’s ...

The 10 other sites, although outside wilderness, are in inventoried roadless areas. A 2001 Forest Service policy, known as the Roadless Rule, largely ended logging in roadless areas.

(Image credit: Daniel Stahle, Montana State University) Melting ice high up in the Rocky Mountains has revealed an impeccably preserved forest, frozen in time for thousands of years.

Melting ice high up in the Rocky Mountains has revealed an impeccably preserved forest, frozen in time for thousands of years. Beartooth Plateau, which sits at an altitude of over 10,000 feet ...

In a high-elevation forest on Jingmai Mountain, dawn broke over a green peak, bathing an ancient tea tree in warm light. A four-foot-wide trunk along with enormous branches, stretching up into a ...