Shawnee National Forest

The National Forest Service will not release details on the number or job duties of people let go from the Mark Twain and Shawnee National Forests.

City officials in Carbondale passed a resolution that supports changing Shawnee National Forest into a national park and climate preserve.

Three decades ago, the Shawnee National Forest was the focus of fierce battles over commercial logging on public lands. A new documentary revisits that history and calls attention to new efforts to preserve the forest.