Topic: USDA Forest Service

Brood II: After 17 years, billions of eastern US cicadas rise again

After 17 years out of sight and under foot, billions of noisy, bulge-eyed Brood II cicadas are crawling out of the ground in the eastern US to mate, hatch offspring, and start the cycle anew.

Aldo Leopold: A Sand County Almanac & Other Writings on Conservation and Ecology

Cabin burglar: How Utah sheriffs caught a six-year fugitive

Sardines in India latest indicator of how your food is on the move

Wildland fires: New yardstick for risk aims to help protect communities

In Pacific Northwest, a welcome break from a very wet week

Jesus statue: Lawsuit filed by atheists to remove it from Montana mountain

Calif. freeway shut down over wildfire worries

Dodging the law, scouring forests for...ginseng?

Editor's Blog Tracing America's green roots

Did guns trigger western wildfires? (+video)

Tanker crash shows US firefighting fleet badly needs overhaul, critics say

Key part of firefighting fleet grounded after fatal S.D. C-130 crash

Air Force C-130 crashes while fighting wildfire

Colorado wildfire: Have we learned any lessons? (+videos)

Colorado wildfire: Weather forecast offers hope as fire marches toward city (+video)

Unexpected legacy of wildfires and other emergency events: innovation

Waldo Canyon fire: About 300 homes destroyed in Colorado Springs

Surging Colorado wildfires forcing tens of thousands to flee (+video)

Colorado wildfire jumps perimeter, forces 32,000 to evacuate (+videos)

Monster wildfire rages in Colorado (+video)

Colorado wildfires keep Pikes Peak railway closed (+videos)

Fighting Western wildfires: Does Forest Service have enough air power? (+video)

Colorado faces worst wildfire season in a decade (+video)

Firefighters making progress on Colorado wildfire, while new one flares