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

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

After another year of training, and dozens of events, Portsmouth’s Connex is ready to bring back its famous Wild Ride in ...

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 ...

Burden Falls and its designated wilderness area are part of the larger Shawnee National Forest, a fantastic wonderland of some of the state's best natural scenery and a testament to a region that ...

It’s about freezin’ for a reason and chillin’ for the Forest. Pounds Hollow Recreation Area in Hardin County will be the chilly site Saturday, March 1, for the fourth annual Shawnee Plunge ...

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

HARRISBURG, Ill. — Officials with Southern Illinois' Shawnee National Forest plan several prescribed burns throughout the spring. The treatments aim to reestablish fire's role in Shawnee's ...