Mark Twain National Forest

A stand of trees in the Mark Twain National Forest in Missouri looks a little more sparse than what is often depicted in a forest. The trees are eight...

The federal spending plan approved by Congress this week renews a program splitting lumber profits between the U.S. Forest Service and rural school…

Superintendent Tim Hager’s district in central Missouri is surrounded by federal forestland in every direction.School buses shuttle some of the 366…

After some welcome rainfall, Mark Twain National Forest in south-central Missouri is no longer restricting open fires.Forest officials say remnants of…

Firefighters say it make take a week to fully contain another wildfire burning in the Mark Twain National Forest.The U.S. Forest Service believes the…

Officials in southwestern Missouri say a fire in the Mark Twain National Forest has been mostly contained after charring more than 1,200 acres.About 25…

Federal officials say two fires in southern Missouri's Mark Twain National Forest have been contained, but new ones have broken out.The Forest Service…

View Larger MapArson is the suspected cause of a fire that burned about 620 acres of the Mark Twain National Forest.The U.S. Forest Service said Monday…

The U.S. Forest Service has released a final environmental impact statement for its new management plan for the nation's public forests.The new Forest…