HUNGRY HORSE, Mont. — The Bob Marshall Wilderness Foundation is seeking volunteers for trail maintenance projects this summer at the Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex. The projects are free and no prior ...

Still reeling from the consequences of hiring freezes, budget cuts and staffing vacancies that hobbled public lands managers one year ago, officials with the Flathead and Kootenai national forests on ...

When John McCarthy joined a seasonal Forest Service trail crew in the late 1970s, some of the trails forged through the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness in 1964 already were fading. Forty years after he ...

Having been impassable for nearly a decade, one of Big Sur's main wilderness trails has been repaired and reopened - just in time for the spring hiking season.

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The Bighorn National Forest is expected to hire as many as 25 seasonal positions this summer in roles related to recreation and visitor service, trail and facility maintenance and active ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — The Selway Bitterroot Frank Church Foundation recently received a grant to repair two trails in the Bitterroot National Forest. The grant came from the Legacy Trails Grant Program.

Sept. 3 marks the 60th anniversary of the Wilderness Act. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed it into law in 1964. Wilderness areas protect the natural beauty and stunning landscapes we enjoy ...

The group is a mixed bag of professionals and personalities, aged 20 to 80, who are part of Five Winds Backcountry Ski and ...

If you’ve ever looked for a few extra clues on the condition of a backcountry trail before you visit it, the Idaho National Forests have a new resource to help out. The Salmon-Challis National Forest ...

According to maintenance logs for the Middle Fork Ranger District of the Salmon-Challis, some trails haven’t been maintained since the early 2000s. Baumer said this year crews repaired a landslide in ...