Put away your cellphone and spend your summer eating s’mores, working on your backstroke, or taking up archery. These resorts ...

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From a hummingbird in flight to up-close encounters with parasites and their hosts, these images will spark the curiosity within.

Local News Payette National Forest proposes recreation fee changes Forest Supervisor Matthew Davis stated that the fees are crucial for maintaining high-quality recreation experiences.

U.S. Forest Service officials announced the selection of Kimberly Winter as the new forest supervisor for Los Padres National Forest. Winter succeeds Christopher Stubbs, who left the post in ...

The rule, first established in 2001 by the then-outgoing Clinton administration, allows the federal agency to designate “inventoried roadless areas” within the National Forest System.

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Long layover? Flight delay? These nine urban hiking trails—from a bamboo forest to a wildlife refuge—are all within 15 miles of major U.S. airport hubs.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's plan to rescind its roadless rule simply to allow more logging in our national forests is misguided, not conservation.