You are invited gather firewood for personal use in the Pisgah National Forest- from now through December 2026.

Pisgah National Forest, outside of Brevard, North Carolina, is one of the few spots to catch a glimpse of this annual phenomenon. Elliott Harrell is a Raleigh-based freelance writer who specializes in ...

ASHEVILLE - A band of rain and scattered thunderstorms that passed through Western North Carolina and the South Carolina Upstate March 31 helped slow the spread of area wildfires, allowing ...

The annual closure of rock faces used by nesting peregrine falcons began on Jan. 15 in the Nantahala and Pisgah National ...

Home to a 65-foot waterfall known locally as Big Falls, the Elk River Falls Area within the Pisgah National Forest is reopening on July 11 after several months of Helene debris clearing. Visitors are ...

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between BPR and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. The Southern Environmental Law Center has sued the National Forest Service ...

North Carolina Department of Transportation crews will be able to take construction materials from the Pisgah National Forest to rebuild a section of Interstate 40 that washed out in Hurricane Helene.

Pisgah, NC (September 19, 2025) — September marks one year since Hurricane Helene swept through Western North Carolina, leaving scars still visible across communities and landscapes. While the storm ...

The North Carolina Department of Transportation and its project team have secured permitting to extract rock from the Pisgah National Forest for the reconstruction of Interstate 40 in the Pigeon River ...

The Pisgah National Forest in western North Carolina is big -- over half a million acres -- and it's one of the most visited national parks in the country. But some visitors are unwelcome, and the ...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — The North Carolina Department of Transportation has received permits to extract rock from Pisgah National Forest to reconstruct Interstate 40 in the Pigeon River Gorge, an area ...