Mendocino National Forest is applying for nearly $720,000 in state funding to maintain its motorized trail system — and the Forest Service wants public comments before the application is finalized.

An Oregon Army National Guard helicopter rescued an injured logger from Mount Hood National Forest after rough terrain blocked other options. On Thursday, a falling tree struck and pinned the ...

California manages 85,000 acres of state land like an extractive agribusiness. A new law would bring it into the 21st century ...

Production of mezcal in Mexico is booming. That is to meet growing demand of the increasingly popular spirit in the United ...

Remote drives sound good on paper: an endless stretch of highway, your favorite music blasting from the speakers, and the promise of a beautiful view just ahead. But many such places are little more ...

Madagascar’s protected area forests have 2.5km buffer zone forests surrounding them that also need urgent protection.

USA TODAY readers chose the Jacksonville Zoo and Botanical Gardens as one of America's best -- and they haven't even seen the ...

Initial location: Mendocino County, Calif. A new prescribed burn, called Ukiah West Hills, was initiated today at 6:04 p.m.

U.S. road trip ideas in the American West, from Alaska glaciers and Utah's Mighty Five to California's Highway 1 and New Mexico's desert towns.