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A young boy plays frisbee with Smokey Bear at his tree planting ceremony.

Only You

Keeping Smokey Bear’s message alive for generations
It’s been a long drive and an even longer work week, but your spirit lightens at the thought of enjoying a weekend in the great outdoors. As thoughts of work fade away and the wild landscape fills
Three uniformed forest service employees stand with contented looks on their faces on a rocky outcropping in front of a wall with painted pictographs.

Archaeology on the forest

Discovering past and people
Kaibab National Forest
As Kristen Francis looks out across the quiet expanse of the Kaibab Plateau in Northern Arizona, she wonders at what all the land has seen and what we can learn if we look closely. “We learn from the
A group photo of the Soldier Creek wildland fire hand crew.

Students of fire

Fire shapes Job Corps student’s futures and the landscape
Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests & Pawnee National Grassland, Pawnee National Grassland
Deep in a canyon in Colorado, six Forest Service trucks from Nebraska sit in the shade of a row of pines as firefighters pile brush nearby. A wildland fire crew from Nebraska’s Pine Ridge Job Corps is
Five people standing in knee-deep water and celebrating. Right side shows three aerial images of the same place, over time.

Firefighting beavers

Fighting fires, one beaver dam at a time
Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests
When you think of beavers, what comes to mind? Busy engineers, pesky rodents, or how about firefighters? You may already know that beavers are a keystone species, meaning many other species of animals
Tops of trees as look down on small homes tucked in a valley.

Where the city meets the forest

A Wildfire Crisis Strategy focus
Angeles National Forest, Cleveland National Forest, Los Padres National Forest, San Bernardino National Forest

Editor’s note: The Forest Service, now in its second year of implementing its Wildfire Crisis Strategy, is treating 11 additional landscapes across the country to help reduce wildfire risk to

A blaze of red leaves in fall at the base of Mt Hood.

Money doesn’t grow on trees - or does it?

Local communities benefit economically in fall
Mt. Hood National Forest, White River National Forest, George Washington and Jefferson National Forests, White Mountain National Forest
As the days grow shorter and a subtle chill fills the air, one of nature's most fascinating transformation begins across the varied landscapes of the United States. From the magnificent soaring
A bulldozer faces burning conifer trees and flames while creating a fire break.

Southern area a top priority for national wildfire response

The last time the Southern Area was the top priority nationally was 18 years ago during Hurricane Katrina.
The South is burning. Over 15,700 wildfires have burned 505,179 acres since New Year’s Day 2023. Persistent dry conditions and high temperatures have created the right circumstances for extreme fire
Two people sitting on a forest hillside looking up the mountain. One person is pointing at something off camera.

Trails in transformation

An audio journey
Inyo National Forest
* Listen to the audio documentary. Where can we go to be transformed? A change of scenery and a change of pace can help. And we can find both on backcountry trails within national forests. On a cloudy
Colombia Youth Conservation Corps students and instructors at Field Practice on Fire Management with the Volunteer Fire Department of Riosucio, Caldas in 2023.

Strengthening youth, transforming lives

Forest Service Youth Conservation Corps in Colombia
Newfound confidence. Real life skills. A focus on the future. That’s what some of the 57 recent graduates of the Colombia Youth Conservation Corps (CYCC) report after completion of the eight-month
Wildland firefighters working to clear limbs and other flamable material in preparation for a prescribed burn.

Many hands tippin’ torches

Crews in California treat 4,000 acres of land
Stanislaus National Forest

For a month in early summer 2023, firefighters, caterers, medics and other support personnel flocked to a section of California’s Highway 108 near Pinecrest, California, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains