WASHINGTON, D. C. - Wayne National Forest received just over 1,200 public comments after it proposed renaming the 244,000-acre forest in the Appalachian foothills at the behest of Native American ...

Ohio is home to one national forest, the Wayne National Forest, at nearly 244,000 acres with three non-contiguous tracts near Athens, Marietta and Ironton.

The Wayne National Forest is actually three large sections of forest in the Appalachian foothills of southern and southeastern Ohio. The sections are near Athens, Ironton and Marietta.

Ohio’s only national forest might soon have a new name. Wayne National Forest is named for Anthony Wayne, a decorated Revolutionary War general with a complicated history that includes the removal of ...

A federal proposal to rename Ohio’s Wayne National Park because its American Revolutionary leader eponym participated in the genocide of Native Americans has sparked ire from lawmakers and ...

U.S Senator J.D. Vance has opposed a USDA Forest Service proposal to rename Wayne National Forest in Southeast Ohio. Here's the story of Gen. "Mad" Anthony Wayne, for whom the forest is named.

“For a National Forest to bear the name of Anthony Wayne is a harmful, and painful reminder and devalues us as Native peoples of Ohio.” Opposition to the proposed name change, which has an ...

John Wayne National Forest. J.D. Vance the object of praise and scorn. J.D. Vance drew much scorn, and some praise, among the respondents about the name change. Vance, ...

NELSONVILLE — The USDA Forest Service is proposing to change the name of the Wayne National Forest to the Buckeye National Forest. The effort comes in response to requests from American Indian ...

NELSONVILLE — The Wayne National Forest planted a Moon Tree sapling at its Forest Headquarters building May 23 as part of an initiative between NASA and the U.S. Forest Service. The sweetgum ...

The Trump administration wants to increase timber harvesting in the more than 100 million acres of national forests and is targeting Ohio's only national forest as part of the effort. Ohio is home to ...

A sign at Wayne National Forest's Athens Ranger Station on U.S. Route 33 in Nelsonville is among many that would have to be replaced if Ohio's only national forest undergoes a proposed name change ...