Earth Day — celebrated on Monday, April 22 — brought together community members, officials from regional groups as well as the U.S. Forest Service to discuss their vision for what's best for the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. That's why Rachael Himsel, David Yosha, of Indianapolis-based Magnet Films, and others are working to create the documentary film ...

The U.S. Forest Service has allocated $28,427 to Martin County in Secure Rural Schools payments for 2025, part of a larger ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Hoosier National Forest, Indiana's only national forest, recently announced it is reducing open hours at its offices. The ...

Hoosier National Forest Supervisor Mike Chaveas (right) talks with a southern Indiana resident during an info session on the Buffalo Springs Restoration Project in 2022. The Hoosier National Forest is ...

The view from the Hickory Ridge Fire Tower looking south on the morning of Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023, shows an area that could be included in the Charles C. Deam Wilderness in the future. Are you ...

A management project in Hoosier National Forest is moving forward after forestry officials found the proposed logging and controlled burns would have no significant impact on Lake Monroe, a drinking ...

A proposed federal restoration plan seeks to log and burn portions of the Hoosier National Forest. (Photo courtesy U.S. Forest Service) Hoosier National Forest is planning prescribed fire operations ...

The USDA Forest Service plans to conduct prescribed fires this fall and upcoming spring on the Hoosier National Forest. Prescribed fire is used to maintain, restore or improve early successional ...

There is nothing so powerful as an idea whose time has come. A great need exists today to protect the public lands known as national forests. Imagine these forests becoming more like our national ...

The offices in Bedford and Tell City will be open from 8 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday. The Forest Service encourages visitors to call ahead to schedule appointments for ...