National Forest Service News

The U.S. Forest Service is revisiting its plans for managing the sprawling Francis Marion National Forest northeast of Charleston, almost two decades after the plan was last updated. The agency is holding a series of public hearings on using the …

Parts of Interstate 64 and three other roads remain closed because of wildfires that have burned more than 7,000 acres in Virginia. The National Forest Service says five large fires are burning in Alleghany, Craig, Page and Shenandoah counties. There …