Forest Service

A bill has been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives that would modify the boundary of Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument near Flagstaff. It would transfer nearly 100 acres of National Forest Service land to the National Park Service.

The Cathedral Rock Trail in Sedona will be closed for maintenance and improvements starting this Wednesday, March 16, 2022.

Authorities say a suspect has been arrested in connection with an assault on a U.S. Forest Service agent in northern Arizona.

A nonprofit environmental group has negotiated a truce with federal agencies after a long-running lawsuit over the threatened Mexican Spotted Owl.…

It’s common now to see smoke in the air around Northern Arizona in the fall. Prescribed burns have become the norm for managing forests—especially around…

A new study by The Nature Conservancy shows forest thinning and prescribed burns cause a short-term loss of carbon to the atmosphere, but save carbon in…

The U.S. Forest Service is proposing to expand its list of projects that don’t require environmental review. The agency says the change is needed to make…

Coconino National Forest crews are working to manage a lightning-caused wildfire near Clints Well that started last week. KNAU’s Ryan Heinsius reports,…

An Oregon-based company received a grant from the U.S. Forest Service to study the feasibility of building a first-of-its-kind commercial plant in…

The public is sending mixed messages to the U.S. Forest Service about the future of a popular but primitive recreation area in central Arizona.Some people…