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U.S. Forest Service stock animals are indispensable to trail work on public lands in the West. Trump’s radical upheaval is accelerating the death of a dying art.
Environmentalists decried the move, but some in the timber industry say this could boost the economy and prevent fires.
From hay baths to high-altitude forest bathing, a new wave of spas in the Dolomites are reimagining traditional rejuvenation ...
Staffing uncertainties and delayed reimbursements threaten to gut the U.S. Forest Service’s capacity to care for the 1.8 ...
High Country News’ weekly ... Huckleberries growing in Gifford Pinchot National Forest. Credit: Josephine Woolington Huckleberries grow only in the mountains and have resisted Western scientists ...
The state Legislature is considering a constitutional amendment that would allow New York to purchase at least 2,500 acres of ...
Over 45% of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail has reopened in the mountains in the six months after Hurricane Helene. This has been a collaboration across agencies and volunteer crews to tackle the ...
Chinese authorities have warned of a high risk of forest and grassland fires across most northern regions of the country this ...
An estimated 26,000 cubic yards of dirt and rock will be removed from about an acre of Custer Gallatin National Forest land, ...
Forest Service says it will follow USDA order, but veteran San Bernardino forest manager says they know it can't be done.
It is often called “Arizona’s Yosemite” due to the high ... combining Forest Roads 42 and 42B. The route takes you around ...
The Transylvanian Alps provide visitors with abundant wildlife, UNESCO World Heritage sites, and quaint villages—without the ...