The United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service wants to make sure its firefighting barracks are full and announced the hiring of 1,100 permanent firefighter positions. Pay plans will ...

One of those insects, a bark-eater known as the Mountain Pine Beetle, may be making a comeback. The Colorado State Forest Service's 2024 Annual Report shows an uptick in acres affected by Mountain ...

Rocky Mountain National Park’s 2025 reservation system will begin May 23, 2025, according to a press release. This reservation system gives visitors high quality experiences while also protecting park ...

The new facility, which opens Monday, is located at 1420 Quail Lake Loop. Operated by local nonprofit Rocky Mountain Health Care Services, the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE ...

DENVER (KDVR) — If the weather and forest conditions remain favorable, fire managers at Rocky Mountain National Park plan to conduct a prescribed burn on Tuesday. The goal is to burn about 60 ...

Colorado Parks and Wildlife biologists confirmed that the death of a female gray wolf occurred in Rocky Mountain National Park on Sunday, April 20. The U.S Fish and Wildlife Service is investigating ...

The forest guard was also reportedly threatened with dire consequences. Four youths — two boys and two girls — have been booked for allegedly setting fire to a protected pine forest area in ...

A resurgence of mountain pine beetles in southern Colorado could cause increased fire risks. News5's Noah Caplan speaks with experts to see how you can take steps to prevent damage. Tennessee ...

The 13-mile-long San Jacinto Tunnel was bored through the mountain in the 1930s by a crew ... to blast open shafts through the desert’s rocky spines to make way for water. In 1933, workers ...

SO THE RAIN HAS STOPPED FOR A LITTLE BIT, BUT IT’S BEEN A PRETTY WET EVENING HERE AT MICHAUX STATE FOREST. BUT IT HASN’T STOPPED CREWS FROM WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK TO STOP TWO FIRES THAT HAS ...

Much of the White Mountain National Forest was included in a move from the federal government earlier this month aimed at increasing timber production and, according to the U.S. Department of ...