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More than 300 people gathered outside the U.S. Forest Service headquarters in Asheville Monday, Aug. 1, to urge stronger protections for the Pisgah-Na...

Nearly 500 people rallied in Asheville to protest a 30-year forest plan for the Pisgah and Nantahala national forests, alleging increased logging.

The search for the national Christmas tree remains centered on Pisgah National Forest, but an announcement about the actual selection has not yet been made public.

"I would recommend we extend it, but again, thats not my decision," the U.S. Forest Services Jen Barnhart said of Max Patchs 2-year closure order.

"I would recommend we extend it, but again, thats not my decision," the U.S. Forest Services Jen Barnhart said of Max Patchs 2-year closure order.

A two-year ban bars campers from overnighting on the famous peak—and officials may push it even further.

Jutting off from the left side of a typically busy Blue Ridge Parkway pull-off overlooking Mills River, an unassuming dirt path dips into the woods an...

The US Forest Service identified around 800 of 14,000 objections to the Nantahala Pisgah forest plan as eligible, now moves to resolution process.

Buncombe County is poised to formally object to the U.S. Forest Service plan that designated thousands of acres in Big Ivy for active management.

A decade after convening the first meetings to discuss the impending process, the U.S. Forest Service has released a semi-final version of the pl...