Forest Service

The Forest Service asks the public to be aware and prepared when going into the forest.

The Forest Service recommends cold-weather survival gear such as a survival blanket, fire-starting equipment, a flashlight and emergency signaling tools.

Members of the Albany County Sheriff’s Office and U.S. Forest Service officials met Monday to discuss a course of action after recent sledding accidents at the old Happy Jack ski area. No formal decisions were made at the meeting, but spokesmen said the agencies would work closely going forward to make the public aware of the risks inherent in using the area for winter activities...

he U.S. Forest Service wants to collect $6.3 million from a 77-year-old man accused of accidentally starting a wildfire that threatened the town of Jackson

Recent snowfall is allowing U.S. Forest Service crews to burn slash piles on the Medicine Bow and Routt National Forests in Wyoming and Colorado.

DOUGLAS, Wyo. (AP) — Crews with the U.S. Forest Service plan to conduct a prescribed burn on the Thunder Basin National Grassland near the town of Weston. Depending on weather conditions, the "Pappy's Pasture Prescribed Burn" could be started as early as Thursday...

CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — Many Wyoming officials say they're concerned about the prospect of combining management of the Bridger-Teton National Forest in northwestern Wyoming with the Caribou-Targhee National Forest in southeastern Idaho. The regional office of the U...

BUFFALO, Wyo. (AP) — Firefighters with U.S. Forest Service will conduct controlled burns this week in the Powder River Ranger District of the Bighorn National Forest. Burns are planned in the Dry Tensleep Creek drainage west of Deerhaven Lodge and in the South Fork Paintrock Creek area near Battle Park...

Officials have pinpointed the area where the Guernsey State Park wildfire began

SARATOGA, Wyo. (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service plans closures on the western side of the Sierra Madre mountain range to allow crews to remove hazardous dead trees. Forest Road 801, commonly known as the Deep Creek/Rawlins Road, will be closed on weekdays between 7 a...