The U.S. Forest Service originally planned to ban fracking in the 1.1 million-acre George Washington National Forest, but energy companies cried foul after a draft of the plan was released in 2011.

The pipeline would run in part through the George Washington National Forest, where a 0.1-mile segment of the pipeline would cross about 600 feet (about 183 meters) beneath the Appalachian Trail.

Today, the U.S. Forest Service’s Southern Regional Forester released the Final Forest Plan that will direct management of the George Washington National Forest. The plan revises the 1993 plan ...

The USDA Forest Service George Washington and Jefferson National Forests has closed the Clinch Ranger District and the Mount Rogers National Recreation area due to the impacts of Hurricane Helene.

(WFXR) – The George Washington and Jefferson Forest reopens areas that suffered damage and closed after Hurricane Helene. Areas in the Clinch Ranger District and Mount Rogers National ...

AMHERST COUNTY, Va. (WDBJ) - A man convicted of killing a man, whose body was found in the George Washington National Forest, has been sentenced to prison. Joseph Cunningham was sentenced Monday ...

AMHERST COUNTY, Va. (WSET) — A suspect is in custody after a 49-year-old was found dead in a remote area of the George Washington National Forest. The Amherst County Sheriff's Office received a ...

Prescribed burns in the George Washington and Jefferson National Forests this week will produce smoke visible across the Shenandoah Valley. The U.S. Forest Service issued a statement Tuesday ...

LURAY — Trails are closed in areas of the George Washington National Forest in Page County where two forest fires have burned more than 600 acres. The U.S. Forest Service says a fire at Burners ...