On Sunday, North Carolina Forest Service issued a red flag warning for the state. A red flag warning means that critical fire ...

Officials in Buncombe County report the North Carolina Forest Service and local crews are responding to two fires on Thursday ...

Starting Monday, the NC Forest Service is offering a discount on tree seedling orders placed by active military members and veterans.

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- A statewide ban on all open burning was lifted in every county in North Carolina on Wednesday. The Burn Ban, issued by the N.C. Forest Service, went into effect on March 21 due ...

A prescribed fire consumes vegetative fuels to reduce wildfire risk and improve the health of a forest and wildlife habitat, ...

As wildfires burned throughout Western North Carolina in recent days, many first responders found themselves fighting fires in their own backyards. BPR spoke with North Carolina Forest Service ...

UNDERSTAFFED AND UNDERFUNDED. THAT IS HOW A TOP LEADER AT THE NORTH CAROLINA FOREST SERVICE DESCRIBES THE CURRENT STATE OF THE AGENCY AS THEY RECOVER FROM HURRICANE HELENE. HE SAYS IT’S BEEN A PROBLEM ...

JACKSONVILLE, N.C (WNCT)- Calls for wildfires in March have nearly doubled since last year, according to NC Forest Service despite a statewide burn ban in the same month. NC Forest Service responded ...

GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — The North Carolina Forest Service is accepting orders for their annual tree seedling sale. The forest service’s Nursery Program produces an average of 10 million seedlings ...

DUPLIN COUNTY, N.C. (WNCT) — Officials with the North Carolina Forest Service are reminding people it’s illegal to fly drones in the same airspace as wildfires. If a drone is reported to be near one ...