Federal layoffs have affected some Forest Service employees at the Idaho Panhandle National Forest. About 3,400 Forest ...

said Tuesday that he’d heard that Idaho Panhandle National Forest staff were ordered to fire seasonal employees, but he didn’t know how many people had been let go. He said the firings raise a ...

A union representative told BoiseDev positions were cut at the Boise National Forest, and KREM reported cuts at the Idaho Panhandle National Forest. Spokespersons for the forests directed the ...

Idaho’s trails are a labor of love, especially for the hundreds of volunteers that work with the Idaho Trails Association to ...

An engine and wildland firefighters from the Salmon-Challis National Forest responded to a grass fire over the weekend and ...

Payette National Forest will conduct prescribed burns from March to July, aiming to enhance forest resilience and wildfire ...

Breaking from precedent, the agency has not publicly acknowledged that three top officials, including one in Montana, are leaving. The agency has stopped issuing press releases on many topics.

then in Idaho and Montana building trails. He worked in wilderness advocacy. And, when he turned 20, he landed his dream job with the U.S. Forest Service.

Originally published Feb. 18 by the Spokesman-Review. Patrick Shea is worried about Idaho’s public lands. He’s concerned about the inconvenience of overgrown trails and dirty bathrooms ...