Jul. 25—BANKHEAD NATIONAL FOREST — Off-road drivers are damaging Bankhead National Forest in Lawrence and Winston counties, and officials say they are struggling to stop the activity. In the rare ...

I have written both here and in my Huntsville Times birdwatching column about the development of the $8-million Little River Canyon Center east of Fort Payne. But another such center is planned for ...

DOUBLE SPRINGS, Ala. (WSFA) - This week on Hiking with Hailey, we traveled to the Bankhead National forest. “We have 181,000 acres here, so there is a lot of biodiversity in the Bankhead,” said Kim ...

LAWRENCE COUNTY, Ala. (WHNT) — Multiple agencies took part in a search for two hikers in Bankhead National Forest Sunday night and Monday morning, and the pair was eventually found safe. According to ...

UPDATE: (3/27) — The Lawrence County Emergency Management Agency said that Forestry crews advised EMA officials that the fire in the Bankhead National Forest was successfully contained during the ...

LAWRENCE COUNTY, Ala. (WAFF) - The man who was rescued from Bankhead National Forest last week after a venomous snake bit him on his leg is back home and on the road to recovery. On Thursday, ...

DOUBLE SPRINGS, AL (WAFF) - A visitor information kiosk at the Flint Creek Recreation Area in the Bankhead National Forest was vandalized. Forest Service law enforcement authorities said the incident ...

Upper Caney Creek Falls in Bankhead National Forest - David Radzieta/Getty Images Maybe it's because Alabama was historically known as the "Cotton State," or maybe it's because the white-sand beaches ...

LAWRENCE COUNTY, Ala. (WHNT) – A missing hunter was located safely on Sunday after a search effort in the Bankhead National Forest. The Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office said a call came in shortly ...

Technician Kris Bennefield prepares to launch a weather balloon with a radiosonde attached at the main site of ARM’s Bankhead National Forest atmospheric observatory to prepare for the official start ...

LAWRENCE COUNTY, Ala. (WHNT) — Several agencies are continuing to battle a fire in Bankhead National Forest early Friday morning. The Lawrence County EMA said it responded to County Road 196 near the ...