The five newest National Recreation Trails in six states add nearly 400 miles to the network of more than 1,300 trails.

The U.S. Forest Service declined to comment about the current state of the trail, noting only that the Umpqua National Forest “continually works to make improvements to all recreation sites ...

Forest Service employees fear that the balance will tilt too far in favor of industry and that vast tracts of public lands could be lost. “I think we’re going to lose our federal government land.

Best of all, he started fighting wildfires. In 2022, Issari secured a permanent position — what he called his “dream job”— with a wilderness trail crew on New Mexico’s Gila National Forest.

A long-time employee of Umpqua National Forest, located in parts of Douglas, Lane, and Jackson Counties in Oregon, who did not want to be identified by name said these firings hurt his whole community ...

FILE - Fields of Christmas trees at McKenzie Farms on Saturday, Nov. 20, 2020 in Oregon City, Ore. For people who want to cut a Christmas tree in Oregon's national forests, permits are available ...

The Willamette Valley Visitors Association is now holding its seventh annual ornament hunt across non-wilderness trails in the Willamette and Umpqua national forests through Christmas Day. The ...

“You’re listening to the Umpqua Bank Radio Network.” Raible pronounced “Umpqua” so it sounded like “UMP-kwuh,” which is the way many people around Puget Sound have always said it, too.

The Trail fire, east of Hwy 138 on the west slope of Mt. Thielsen, is 839 acres and 40% contained. The fire will be monitored from the air and firefighters will respond as needed.

Effective immediately, Forest Closure Number 06-15-02-24-01 has gone into effect as of Tuesday, July 23, on portions of the Umpqua National Forest in response t ...

Umpqua National Forest authorities said that multiple fire crews and engines are assigned to the Trail Fire burning east of Diamond Lake which is currently estimated at between 1,000 and 2,000 acres.

Sections of FST 2000 (The Pacific Crest Trail) as well as sections of FST 1456 and FST 1458 are closed, as is Forest Service Road (FST) 4700-800, Diamond Lake Viewpoint.