California is home to more than 15 million acres of public land managed by the federal Bureau of Land Management. In his new ...

Opinion Opinion Columnists Column: Selling federal lands would betray future generations A marsh at Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge is seen in Cambridge, Md., on April 13.

A marsh at Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge is seen in Cambridge, Md., on April 13. A provision in the spending bill being debated by Congress would make it easier for the government to sell ...

The greenhouse gas fluxes of Congo’s tropical forests were also analysed for the first time only in 2022. The darkest blackwater river on Earth (the Ruki river) was only reported in 2023.

The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo passed a law in January 2025 to lead efforts to establish the largest tropical forest reserve in the world. It will be set up as a 2,600km long ...

The 200-year-old silver spoon was bent and cracked when archaeologist Julie Schablitsky found it in the dirt in the remote Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge on Maryland’s Eastern Shore two ...

Former smokejumper and fire analyst Dave Sisk, right, and Shoshone National Forest archaeologist Kyle Write discuss this summer’s 75th anniversary of the deadly 1937 Blackwater fire.

TUCKER COUNTY — West Virginia’s representatives in the Senate are celebrating the U.S. Forest Service’s acquisition of 2,700 acres of property in the Blackwater Canyon, which has now been finalized.

According to a release, an agreement forged by Senator Joe Manchin (I-WV) between the U.S. Forest Service and the John Crites family has gone through. The deal included the sale of 2,700 acres of ...

About 2,700 acres canyonland, which is bordered by Blackwater Falls State Park, will be added to the Monongahela National Forest, according to a news release from the U.S. Energy and Natural ...

This winter the US Fish and Wildlife Service plans to burn several timber, brush and grass filled units on Blackwater and Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuges. At Blackwater – a 7-acre cutover unit ...