The U.S. Forest Service is likely facing half a billion dollars in budget cuts from Congress. This means the federal agency will have less money and staff for maintaining public lands. In western Wyoming, a nonprofit is helping fill the gaps. Taking care ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Idaho's Sawtooth National Recreation Area The Sawtooth National Recreation Area is home to more than 300 high-elevation mountain lakes, including this unnamed lake at the base of ...

When it comes to finding the perfect Christmas tree, William Lyon has it down to a science. Every year, Lyon downloads official maps of U.S. Forest Service roads — Apple and Google maps never have them all — and consults satellite imagery, searching ...

Separate multi-agency research project would study recreation The U.S. Forest Service is proposing revisions to the rules governing its manual and handbook, which set out policy and procedures