More than 85% of the world's bird, mammal, and amphibian species live in mountains, particularly in forest habitats, but researchers report in the journal One Earth on March 17 that these forests are ...

For over 50 years each spring, researchers with Connecticut’s Great Mountain Forest, nestled in the Litchfield Hills, have been recording how early three Persian Lilac trees begin to bud and flower.

The Interior Department has authorized the Mountain Valley pipeline’s crossing through a national forest, giving another boost to a project that is being fought by environmentalists even as it is ...

Environmental advocates are pushing back on a plan from officials with the White Mountain National Forest to redevelop an area of land near Gorham, which could include cutting down trees and ...

Secret swimming holes, endless miles of hiking trails, and mind-boggling vistas await you in Vermont’s Green Mountains, not to mention secluded campsites, streams full of trout, and fall foliage that ...

A 550-acre purchase made by the Whatcom Land Trust on Nov. 4 is the first step in buying 5,500 acres for the Stewart Mountain Community Forest project. The project is a collaboration between Whatcom ...

Opponents of proposed logging in White Mountain National Forest have their last chance to object to a project in the Sandwich area this week. People who have already made public comments on the ...

Nine rangers used a sled to rescue an injured hiker from Ampersand Mountain after a fall on ice, while a 78-year-old was found stranded without a flashlight on Potter Mountain.

MOUNTAIN REST – Just shy of 1,000 acres, the Mill Mountain forest fire has been fully contained, though smoky air could persist in the area as stumps continue to smolder, officials said. Fire crews ...

If Hobbits built a luxury hotel, it would probably look something like the new design concept from Stefano Boeri Architetti’s (SBA) hill-inspired Mountain Forest Hotel, a 250-room vertical forest that ...