United States Forest Service - The Durango Herald

Christmas tree permits on sale in Southwest Colorado

Durango train offering Tree Train through Dec. 10

DATE: Nov 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Fixing Colorado’s forests with the help of ‘citizen science’

FRISCO – The pine beetle came to Summit County in 2005, turning scores of trees red and creeping higher up the mountainsides each year. Twelve years later, nearly every stand of l...

DATE: Nov 12, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Federal court blocks Wolf Creek land exchange, again

Federal judge denies developer a reconsideration

DATE: Sep 15, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Forest Service spends record $2B battling forest fires

WASHINGTON – The Forest Service has spent more than $2 billion battling forest fires around the country – a new record as wildfires blacken the American West in one of the nation’s worst fir...

DATE: Sep 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Burn-out operations increase fire to 407 acres in HD Mountains

Favorable weather allows crews to torch overgrown forest near Bayfield

DATE: Aug 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Lightning strike starts small wildfire in Beaver Meadows

Columbine Ranger District crews are monitoring the blaze

DATE: Jul 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Drones increasingly interfere with aerial firefighting, official says

Retardant tossed, planes grounded

DATE: Jun 29, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Interactive map available for Hermosa Creek management plan

U.S. Forest Service creates application to make commenting easier

DATE: Jun 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Fire crews in New Mexico brace for hot, dry weather

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 mounta...

DATE: Jun 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Illegal mountain bike trail in Hermosa destroyed by rangers

Path was built near Hermosa campground

DATE: Jun 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Public Lands Day: A great day to be outside, enjoy and get informed about a threat to public lands

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 flo...

DATE: May 20, 2017 | CATEGORY: Editorials