Providing all the trip essentials, the best last-minute getaway in Illinois exudes everything the state has to offer and then ...

In the early 1970s the Forest Service began closing Snake Road for three weeks in spring and fall to protect the migrating creatures, Sue Hirsch, a public affairs specialist at Shawnee National Forest ...

Everybody likes efficiency in government. I do, too. We all want the government to be better. But you have to do that surgically.” ...

Officials with Southern Illinois' Shawnee National Forest plan several prescribed burns throughout the spring. Click for a ...

Snakes in Shawnee National Forest will soon have the road to themselves, as officials will close Forest Service Road No. 345 ...

Brian Stone calls himself a “late-onset” hunter.

Discover year-round camping in Illinois' Shawnee National Forest. Explore Pine Hills and Camp Cadiz for a winter outdoor ...

According to the Shawnee National Forest, wildland firefighters are conducting a prescribed fire inside the Pounds Hollow Campground loop.

The Illinois Big Tree Register is being tidied up and brings a reminder of how many champion trees are around us, including ...

Shawnee National Forest fire staff and partners plan to conduct prescribed fires this spring, weather permitting, to approximately 19,650 acres in seven counties.