They also led to 14 deaths in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, after the Chimney Tops Fire that started in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, whipped by high winds, escaped the park's borders.

After a lawsuit brought by regional conservation groups, the U.S. Forest Service dropped plans to log 15 acres in Nantahala National Forest.

A 61-acre wildfire in the Nantahala National Forest continues to burn Oct. 30, a week after a lightning strike sparked it on the top of Collett Ridge, four miles north of Andrews, North Carolina.

We can all agree that the national parks in the United States are breathtakingly beautiful and chock-full of opportunities to get outdoors in some of ...

ASHEVILLE - After being sued by a group of conservation and environmental protection organizations in January for allegedly violating the National Forest Management Act, the U.S. Forest Service has ...

A wildfire in the Nantahala National Forest continues to burn without any containment over a week after a lightning strike first sparked it Oct. 23, officials say. A total of 55 personnel from the ...

“The Forest Service must scrap this reckless logging project in order to comply with federal law.” Released last year, the Nantahala-Pisgah Forest Plan falls short on many levels and fails to ...

The U.S. Forest Service announced that crews are working to control a fire that broke out in an area of the Nantahala National Forest over the weekend.

CHEROKEE COUNTY, N.C. (FOX Carolina) - The U.S. Forest Service announced that crews continue to fight a fire in the Nantahala National Forest after lightning struck the area. Officials said the ...

Size: The U.S. Forest Service manages 193 million acres across 155 national forests, 20 national grasslands, and one tallgrass prairie, while the National Park Service oversees 84 million acres ...

The National Park Service laid off approximately 1,000 employees, many of whom were on probationary periods, in February. The layoffs are part of President Trump's efforts to reduce the size of ...