Overgrown forests and climate change are making record-breaking wildfires commonplace, but land managers can “treat” forests to change their behavior during burns.

Although roads can help transport firefighters and their gear to the wilderness — whether to fight existing wildfires or to conduct prescribed burns — they also increase the risk of ...

The Washington Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has supported organizations like Cascadia PBA and landowners to educate ...

Erin Rosolina | Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont With its bright orange color and blob-like form, witch’s butter (Tremella mesenterica) looks more like a Halloween prop than a fungus ...

Or make the most of Tennessee's gorgeous scenery and take a hike at one of the nation's best free attractions, Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Trucks have gotten stuck on twisty narrow mountain roads and are banned on another major highway through the area, U.S. 441 through Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Looking for outdoors summer fun on a budget? In East Tennessee you don't have to go far to find one of the best free attractions in the U.S.

Gov. Katie Hobbs questioned why the U.S. government decided to manage the Dragon Bravo fire, which started with a lightning ...

Prescribed burning can help reduce invasive species, provide nutrients to the soil and create more room for native grasses to ...

HARTFORD, Tenn. (AP) — Crews on Friday reopened a section of Interstate 40 along its narrow corridor through the Great Smoky Mountains after flooding and a rock slide closed the major cross ...