Feature Stories

Born out of a dream and four decades of persistence, the wood-built National Conservation Legacy Center gives America’s conservation story a permanent home—and asks what each generation will carry

Not sure if you can bring your dog to the national forests on your next adventure? The answer is, “Yes!” Here are a few tips and guidelines to follow during your visit with your pup. Hiking, walking

Jim and Iris Willadsen, 91 and 90, spent their lives watching the landscape around Pole Mountain change. They remember when the road across the mountain was gravel. When cowboys slept at a nearby camp

As summer comes to a close and we start the transition into the next season of school, football, and a long-awaited break from the heat—it can help to mark that rejuvenation through a change of

Although the Russian River hosts tens of thousands of anglers within every year, the health of the river and its shoreline is the best it's been in 50 years—thanks to the work of volunteers and

Rolling down the hills of northern Arizona, a sea of juniper trees steadily encroaches into the grasslands area. Nestled among them, a massive woodchipper kicks up dust into the dry air as a crew

Editor’s note: Formal agreements between states and the Forest Service are essential for landscape scale work, and even more so in times of crisis. In Utah two wildfires and a commitment to work

For most of the year, Lynne Chastain-Carpenter, MaryGrace Bedwell and Tray Hall work in different parts of the Forest Service with responsibilities that typically have little connection to fire

Special Agent in Charge Brandon Robinson talks about the popular Fourth of July celebration in the Lake Tahoe Basin and how Forest Service law enforcement play a role in public safety. ( Forest

“Temperature is 69 degrees. Relative humidity is 48%. Winds from the south, 2-3 miles per hour. High Glade,” said Annelle Durham as she lowered the radio, a callout eight years in the making. In 2018

The orange cones are set, and the clock starts running. Inside the cab of a Forest Service fire engine, a firefighter from Wyoming grips the wheel and begins running the truck backward through a

In the spring of 2023, Emily Kasyon hiked the Hanging Lake Trail in the White River National Forest for the first time. The water was so high she waded through it the entire way up. “My very first

The Resurrection Creek Restoration Project is healing a century-old environmental scar near Hope, Alaska, by bringing together traditionally opposing forces—including conservation groups, federal

Dispersed camping – camping outside of a designated, prepared campsite – isn’t for everyone. But it might be for you. With 154 national forests and 20 national grasslands spreading across landscapes

Reforestation at scale requires science, coordination and committed partners. And that’s exactly what’s underway in the Mendocino National Forest. (Forest Service video by Andrew Avitt) Nature will