The National Park Service will conduct a prescribed burn in the Cataloochee Valley area of Great Smoky Mountains National ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

TROOPERS HAVE NOT SAID WHAT LED TO THE CRASH. NOW TO OUR BREAKING NEWS COVERAGE OF THE WILDFIRES THAT CONTINUE TO BURN ACROSS THE CAROLINAS. A BURN BAN REMAINS IN EFFECT IN BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...