Websites for National Forests in Missouri and Illinois now feature an unexpected political message following the start of the ...

Known as Snake Road, Forest Road 345, is closed twice annually for the migration of thousands of reptiles and amphibians.

A roughly 2.5-mile stretch of Shawnee National Forest’s LaRue-Pine Hills hiking area, popularly referred to as “snake road,” ...

Nearly three miles of a southern Illinois road have been shut down for a rather unusual reason: a snake migration.

The road will stay closed through Oct. 30, but that isn't stopping visitors from slithering toward the migration.

Image via Shutterstock Thousands are turning out to Illinois for a massive snake crossing at Forest Service Road No. 345. However, many know it as Snake Road. The two-and-a-half-mile road stretches ...

Each fall, between September 1 and October 30, and every spring, from March 15 to May 15, the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (KFVS) - U.S. Senator Dick Durbin wants thousands more acres of the Shawnee National Park to be protected. Sen. Durbin (D-IL) has introduced the Shawnee National Forest Conservation ...

Smoke seen in the Shawnee National Forest in November may be from fires that improve the forest instead of harm it. About 4,700 acres are involved in a program of controlled fires through May. Goals ...

CARBONDALE, Ill. -- After years of absence, fire could be returning as a management tool in the Shawnee National Forest. The proposed new forest management plan calls for prescribed burns on about ...

HistoriCorps and the Shawnee National Forest are seeking volunteers of all skill levels to help rehabilitate the Duck Bay Shelter, with three week-long volunteer opportunities running from Sept. 14 ...

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 into Pounds ...