Of the nearly 800,000 acres of trees that Helene downed, about 187,000 lie in national forests. Salvage logging — a practice ...

AND IN MCDOWELL COUNTY, CREWS ARE MAKING A LITTLE PROGRESS ON THE B. ROCK CREEK WILDFIRE. ACCORDING TO OFFICIALS, THE FIRE IS ...

A new directive from U.S. Department of Agriculture and Forest Service leaders could open more federal forest lands in Georgia to logging.

A sweeping ban on campfires has been issued across Georgia’s Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest due to high fire danger from dry, windy conditions. The U.S. Forest Service has implemented ...

Wildfires are raging in Western North Carolina, with the worst impacts in Polk County. Keep up with information on the fires here.

The Forest Service described several updated conditions Sunday with the Big Ridge fire: On its north ... call the Georgia Forestry Commission Arson Hotline 1-800-428-7337." Today's Map for the ...

Another wildfire has sparked in the north-east Georgia area. Why have there been so many and what can be done to address them ...

RABUN COUNTY, Ga ... the 155E Road north of Dan Gap.” Due to higher humidity on Sunday and potential rain showers, as well as more remain expected Monday, the U.S. Forest Service said ...

According to the U.S. Forest Service's interactive map ... fire is on Persimmon Road and resources are on the way. The Forestry Commission said on X, since January, Georgia officials have ...

Efforts to contain several wildfires burning in Western North ... Road Fire, Swain County - 400 acres with 85% containment. No evacuations. A map of the Bee Rock Creek Fire from the US Forest Service.

A lightning strike sparked the fire on April 12 within the Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock Wilderness Area, the U.S. Forest Service said ... in a rugged area north of Armstrong Creek Road and south ...

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