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Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey will take down a makeshift wall made of shipping containers at the Mexico border, settling a lawsuit and political tussle with the U.S. government.
The U.S. Forest Service will conduct its third environmental impact study of the Mountain Valley Pipeline's 3.5-mile route through the forest.
A Pennsylvania man was killed Sunday, May 22 when he slipped and fell at Crabtree Falls in Nelson County, authorities said.
Southwest wildfires forced evacuations, tightened resources tonight: Hundreds fled as relentless winds pushed flames to the edge of a poplar college town and tourist haven.
The federal Department of Agriculture awarded landscape restoration funding to the George Washington and Jefferson National Forest to restore forest health in the Eastern Divide Restoration Project area.
A wildfire that started Saturday has burned more than 1,000 acres in Pilot Mountain State Park, officials said Tuesday afternoon.
A wildfire at Pilot Mountain State Park grew to 500 acres Monday and is expected to reach 900 acres.
The fall colors this year were among the most beautiful and long lasting I remember.
As we drove up the Blue Ridge Parkway Sunday, the forests were still alight with yellow and red in this remarkable autumn.
Racist vandalism on public land near George Washington National Forest sparks outcry, call to action
Racist vandalism on public land near the George Washington National Forest has sparked a call to action, with local residents, an area club and a national nonprofit pushing for a response from the agencies who oversee the land.
An administrative review of the U.S. Forest Service’s Pedlar River North Vegetation Plan has resulted in tighter restrictions after three appe…
The City of Lynchburg has filed a request for administrative review of the U.S. Forest Service’s Pedlar River North Vegetation Plan, expressin…
The U.S. Forest Service is sticking with its plan to harvest timber and burn several thousand acres near the Pedlar River in the George Washin…
As sunlight sifted through the treetops onto the forest floor, a dozen hikers stopped to look up at the yellow-bellied sapsuckers courting above.
The 237-acre parcel in Roanoke County was purchased with federal funds, grant money and contributions.
The U.S. Forest Service announced it plans to conduct a prescribed burn in the Tar Jacket area of Amherst County within the George Washington …
A final decision is expected early next year for a portion of the Mountain Valley Pipeline in Giles and Montgomery counties.
An email written by a U.S. Forest Service planning director raises questions about an approval for the Mountain Valley Pipeline to pass through the Jefferson National Forest.
California has already set a record with 2 million acres burned this year, and the worst part of the wildfire season is just beginning. See the latest photos and learn more about the worst U.S. wildfires.
Two years after a permit for the Mountain Valley Pipeline to pass through the Jefferson National Forest was struck down, a new plan will soon be unveiled. The U.S. Forest Service plans to release a draft report on the pipeline’s environmental impacts forest by September.
The Virginia Creeper Trail is the latest outdoor recreation opportunity in Southwest Virginia to be declared off-limits to the public.
Federal officials are closing more parts of national forestland in Southwest Virginia, which was already largely restricted to public access because of the coronavirus pandemic.
All access points to the Appalachian Trail in the George Washington and Jefferson National Forests have been temporarily closed in an attempt to limit the spread of the coronavirus.