u.s. forest service

Stay safe on National Forest roads this winter by respecting closures for wildlife protection and public safety. Check road status before heading out!

Christmas tree cutting permits are now on sale through the U.S. Forest Service. Permits cost $5 each and can be purchased at select Forest Service offices in the region, as well as various local merchants, and online by clicking here. Area students who are in fourth grade can also receive a free Christmas tree cutting permit when they enroll in the Every Kid Outdoors program...

Over the coming weeks, the U.S. Forest Service will be performing maintenance on several roads in the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest. Crews will be cutting and removing brush along Meadow Creek Roads 6300 and 6306 near Fish Lake in the Lake Wenatchee area...

Attention local organizations! Submit your forest improvement project proposals to the USFS by October 3. About $600,000 in funding is available for activities like noxious weed control.

Over 25 volunteers with the American Red Cross were joined by Smokey Bear and others to share information about wildfire preparedness in the Cle Elum area on Saturday. The U.S. Forest Service, Washington Department of Natural Resources, and South Cle Elum Fire Department also took part in the event along with Sparky the Fire Dog...

Commissioners say a final Environmental Impact Statement on the project last month did not consider local concerns about the bears.

The resort near Wenatchee is adding Monday through Wednesday operations to the last two weeks of March and will now be open daily through the end of the month.

Overcrowded young trees will be removed from the forest and processed for use as lumber products on the market.

County Commissioner Shon Smith says he shot video Saturday capturing hundreds of cars parked along narrow roads leading to the trail heads of hiking areas.

Forest Service firefighters were stretched thin recently when out of control campfires interfered with their response to an outbreak of lightning caused fires.