A rule change could shrink ‘roadless’ national forest land
The U.S. Forest Service has proposed repealing a rule that prohibits new roads in certain areas of national forests, like in the Allegheny National Forest.
Allegheny National Forest
Trump to eliminate U.S. Forest Service research, and close four facilities in Pennsylvania
The President’s budget eliminates funding for the agency’s research, and a USDA reorganization plan closes 57 of 77 Forest Service research sites.
Trump administration wants to end Roadless Rule, including in the Allegheny National Forest
The Roadless Rule protects 25,000 acres in the Allegheny National Forest, including Hearts Content, which contains old-growth forest.
Allegheny National Forest will increase logging by millions of board feet this year
Though not an historic high, timbering will ramp up under a new directive by the Trump administration.
Logging poised to accelerate in Allegheny National Forest under emergency declaration
The declaration will make it easier to cut more timber as some regulations like endangered species protections and public challenges are curtailed.
Alcohol made from sunflower seeds?! A tour of a new distillery and educational center in Kane
It also features the world’s longest bar made from one continuous piece of wood.
Non-native beetles, flies introduced in effort to save hemlock trees in Allegheny National Forest
Hemlock woolly adelgid is a non-native, invasive insect that threatens to decimate eastern hemlock trees.
A trail less traveled: Few have hiked all 4,800 miles of the North Country Trail
Only 20 people are known to have hiked the entire North Country National Scenic Trail. In Ohio farm country, one more name is about to make the list.
Allegheny National Forest among first federal lands to get funding for cleanup of orphaned wells
Eighteen high priority abandoned oil and gas wells in the Allegheny National Forest are set to be cleaned up with the first round of federal funds.
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy Sells Land Along the Clarion River for the Allegheny National Forest
The U.S. Forest Service is buying the 2-mile strip along the Clarion River for $1.2 million, filling a donut hole in the Allegheny National Forest.
