The memo also declares a wildfire risk emergency on 59 percent of forest service land. It includes much of the Appalachian Mountains. That has some local hikers concerned. “Our forests are our ...

The body of a New York man who disappeared while hiking in Maine over the weekend was found on Tuesday afternoon, but his ...

According to AirNow, an EPA and government-run website, the air quality is still good in central Virginia, but ...

National Trails Day is June 7 and volunteers are needed to help install logs on an AT trail near Icewater Spring Shelter.

The corruption of the US Forest Service is manifest ... and Great Smoky Mountains National Parks) are important reasons to implement the Appalachian Ecosystem Protection Act (“AEPA ...

Farmers have banded together to make the market for herbal supplements and remedies, part of Appalachia’s cultural heritage, ...

Appalachian ecologist Elizabeth A ... Some even drew just the mountains and forests, underscoring the sense in the Appalachians that nature is incredibly imposing. “There is something in ...

Forests support both birds and ecosystem services like clean water and carbon storage, but wetlands and aridland birds remain ...