The Nantahala and Pisgah National Forests are restricting campfires effective immediately, according to a U.S. Forest Service news release. Currently, the largest wildfire in North Carolina — the 6.1 ...

ASHEVILLE – The U.S. Forest Service announced the final version of the Pisgah-Nantahala Land Management Plan in February 2023, drawing criticism from conservation advocates about its allowance for ...

The proposed project was to take place in a designated North Carolina Natural Heritage Natural Area containing rare plants ...

ASHEVILLE - After being sued by a group of conservation and environmental protection organizations in January for allegedly violating the National Forest Management Act, the U.S. Forest Service has ...

ASHEVILLE, N.C.— Conservation groups sent a letter Tuesday urging the U.S. Forest Service to amend the Nantahala-Pisgah forest plan because of the tremendous damage from Hurricane Helene to North ...

A coalition of conservation groups is asking the U.S. Forest Service to amend the Nantahala-Pisgah Forest Plan after Helene's catastrophic damage in western North Carolina. In November, the Forest ...

Conservation groups have sued the U.S. Forest Service, arguing that the agency’s plans to log a sensitive area of the Nantahala National Forest in North Carolina violate federal law. The lawsuit, ...

Along the Whitewater River in the Nantahala National Forest, towering oak trees provide habitat for rare plants and animals, and cascading water flows toward the highest waterfall east of the Rocky ...

Environmental conservation groups are suing the U.S. Forest Service over a proposed project to log areas near the Whitewater River in the Nantahala National Forest. “The Southside timber sale shows ...

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between BPR and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. The Southern Environmental Law Center has sued the National Forest Service ...