U.S. Forest Service News

Evolving Wildfires Force Forest Service to Rethink Response

When a forest fire threatens your house and you have minutes to run, do you know what you plan to grab besides your family? The photo albums? Computer hard drive? Tax records? Gun collection? Clean underwear? The U.S. Forest Service …

Family Files Civil Suit Over Arkansas Campground Flood

Another wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against the U.S. Forest Service over flash flooding at the Arkansas campground that killed 20 people in 2010. The suit was filed last week by Gay Cunningham Moss and Swan Moss III. Their …

3 Texans File Tort Claim Over Deadly Arkansas Flood

Three Texas residents whose children were injured when floodwaters swept 20 people to their deaths at an Arkansas campground have a filed a federal tort claim against the U.S. Forest Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The claim, …