High Country News

Results for keyword: National Forest Service

A future of big fires and tiny bugs

A second-generation forest ranger considers how fire prevention and climate change are affecting the forests he once roamed with his father.

by Frank Carroll, Apr 18, 2012
Help is on the way for the nation’s forest workers

The Forest Service is making changes that promise to improve the quality of life for the workers who thin and restore the nation's forests.

by Erin Halcomb, Feb 08, 2007
Fed up with paying to play

Chris Wallace’s refusal to pay daily user fees on Arizona’s Mount Lemmon led to a courtroom decision that has thrown the entire future of the federal recreational fee program into doubt

by Tony Davis, Nov 27, 2006
Puppets on the range

The writer tells how Kit and Sherry Laney became puppets of the property-rights movement, sending the Forest Service into fits

by Ted Williams, May 08, 2006
Forest Service shuts down 'three old geezers'

Armed law enforcement officers prevented three environmentalists, including 83-year-old Stewart Brandborg, from attending a Forest Service press conference in Hamilton, Mont.

by Ray Ring and Carlotta Grandstaff, Jan 23, 2006
Backcountry Ranger

Backcountry seasonal ranger Tony Prendergast has spent much of the past six summers working in western Colorado’s Gunnison National Forest

by JT Thomas, Dec 26, 2005
Where have all the rangers gone?

Budget crunches have thinned Forest Service staffing even as visitor numbers soar, making it hard to enforce regulations such as trail closures

by Michelle Burkhart, Dec 26, 2005
When a forest goes feral, it’s time for volunteers

The writer says volunteers who help manage the Roosevelt National Forest see their work almost as recreation

by Richard Knight, Nov 07, 2005
Forest Service tries to teach greens a lesson

The Forest Service’s claim that a recent court order would suspend routine activities – such as cutting Christmas trees or picking mushrooms – has been dismissed by the judge as the agency’s attempt to blow the issue out of proportion

by Michelle Burkhart, Oct 31, 2005
For sale: Your local ranger station?

Facing severe budget cuts, the Forest Service is selling off property, and considering closing some recreation sites it considers too expensive to maintain

by Michael Milstein, May 30, 2005

Next 10 items » [1] 2 3 4 ... 17

Personal tools

Results for keyword: National Forest Service

A future of big fires and tiny bugs

Help is on the way for the nation’s forest workers

Fed up with paying to play

Puppets on the range

Forest Service shuts down 'three old geezers'

Backcountry Ranger

Where have all the rangers gone?

When a forest goes feral, it’s time for volunteers

Forest Service tries to teach greens a lesson

For sale: Your local ranger station?

Email Newsletter

Follow Us

Personal tools

Results for keyword: National Forest Service

Email Newsletter

Follow Us

High Country News in your inbox!

Sign up now to receive our weekly email newsletter!