Monongahela National Forest

Outdoor enthusiasts have a new way to help maintain West Virginia’s natural beauty for future generations.

Residents around parts of the Monongahela National Forest may be smelling smoke this week thanks to the Forest Service’s spring prescribed burns.

To control forest fires and invasive species, the National Park Service uses fire in West Virginia.

The Fourth of July holiday is a time to get outdoors and have fun in the national forests in West Virginia. But wildlife managers say to leave fireworks at home. Possessing, igniting, discharging or using any kind of fireworks is prohibited on national forest system lands.

On June 25, 1980, Nancy Santomero and Vicki Durian, who were apparently hitchhiking to the Rainbow Family reunion in Webster County, were murdered on…

The largest national forest in West Virginia announced Wednesday it is shutting down its campgrounds in an attempt to encourage people to social…

U.S. Forest Service district biologist Shane Jones stands on an overlook high up on West Virginia’s Cheat Mountain. Behind him lush, red spruce trees…

As spring approaches, ramps are popping up across West Virginia. The Monongahela National Forest on Friday released guidelines for harvesting the wild…

Wet, cool conditions are helping to slow a wildfire in Pendleton County that broke out on Thanksgiving.The Dry Hollow Fire was first reported early…

Inside Appalachia’s What’s in a Name segment explores the history and folklore of the names of Appalachian places. For the latest segment, we dug a little…