United States Forest Service

Weather conditions on Thursday allowed U.S. Forest Service crews to burn 370 acres in the HD Mountains near Chimney Rock National Monument, which brought the 842 Fire to a total of 407 acres...

A lightning strike started a small wildfire between Bayfield and Yellow Jacket Pass in the Beaver Meadows area of the San Juan National Forest, according to a news release Thursday from the U.S....

Drones are an increasing problem at wildfires, and that proved true this week at the Lightner Creek Fire west of Durango. Air operations were grounded around sunset Wednesday because drones made...

New technology should help residents who want to comment on the Hermosa Creek management plan, officials with the U.S. Forest Service’s Columbine Ranger District said this week. About 15 people...

Smoke blanketed much of the Jemez Mountains on Friday as firefighters battled a blaze that forced evacuations and the closure of a highway through one of northern New Mexico’s popular mountain...

Local volunteers helped rangers from the Columbine District of the San Juan National Forest destroy an illegal mountain bike trail southeast of the Hermosa Creek Campground. The rogue path was in...

Some Americans are not so lucky. They will never experience the majesty of the American West and the bounty and the beauty of its public lands. These lands and the waters that flow through them...

In a significant win for opponents of the Village at Wolf Creek, a federal judge on Friday invalidated the U.S. Forest Service’s decision to approve a land exchange that would have essentially...

A 30-day public comment period started Thursday on a proposal from BP American Production Company to conduct horizontal drilling operations in an area east of Bayfield. According to a U.S. Forest...

Motorized boats will not be allowed on Lemon Reservoir for up to three years in an effort to protect against aquatic invasive species, which pose a risk to the city of Durango’s water supply and...

After years of debate, the Animas Canyon Toll Road – an historic wagon road that was the first route from Durango to Silverton – has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places. “The...