A new directive from U.S. Department of Agriculture and Forest Service leaders could open more federal forest lands in Georgia to logging.

Georgia is home to a host of eclectic small towns and popular big cities, but it also houses two of the most gorgeous ...

FANNIN COUNTY, Ga. – A man sleeping in a hammock deep in the Cohutta Wilderness of the Chattahoochee National Forest in Georgia died Saturday when a tree fell on his campsite. According to the ...

A stunning mountain paradise less than two hours ... among more than 106,000 acres of public land — the Chattahoochee National Forest. Here, hikers and bikers can wander hundreds of miles ...

More specifically, campfires are banned in the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest. The Gainesville, Ga. office of the USDA Forest Service said the ban came “in response to heightened fire ...

ATLANTA — A wildfire burning in the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest has grown to 1,936 acres and remains 0% contained, according to James Wettstaed with the U.S. Forest Service. Authorities ...

A sweeping ban on campfires has been issued across Georgia’s Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest due to high fire danger from dry, windy conditions. The U.S. Forest Service has implemented ...

A man died and another was injured after a tree fell on their campsite in a “remote” hiking area of the North Georgia Mountains ... of the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest, which spans ...