ASHEVILLE, N.C.— The U.S. Forest Service released the Pisgah-Nantahala National Forest Plan today, quadrupling logging and reducing protections for the most visited national forest in the country. The ...

ASHEVILLE - Picking ginseng in the Pisgah and Nantahala national forests is still off limits this year. The U.S. Forest Service said that its pause on issuing permits to harvest American ginseng ...

Some Pisgah National Forest trails are open to visitors, including Catawba Falls, after Helene brought millions in damages to ...

ASHEVILLE, N.C.— Conservation groups have sued the U.S. Forest Service, arguing that the agency’s plans to log a sensitive area of the Nantahala National Forest in North Carolina violate federal law.

The Nantahala National Forest in North Carolina, about an hour from Asheville, offers abundant camping a literal stone's throw away from the trail and the Nantahala River. Camping gives guests a ...

"Hurricane Helene heavily impacted the national forests in western North Carolina, and we remain fully focused on the ongoing response effort." The Nantahala-Pisgah Forest Plan guides the long ...

Weeks after the storm, the U.S. Forest Service announced that damage to the Pisgah and Nantahala National Forests totaled around $44 million in lost vegetation and land damage. In November ...