Than Axtell, a fly-fishing guide who has lived in western North Carolina for three decades, adores the unimpeded wilderness ...

In early April, a U.S. Forest Service office in east Tennessee’s Cherokee National Forest issued a memo inviting the public to weigh in on its recovery operations in the wake of Tropical Storm Helene.

Bee Rock Creek Fire, McDowell County, Pisgah National Forest - 2,085 acres with 94% containment. No evacuations. Haoe Lead Fire, Graham County, Joyce Kilmer Slickrock Wilderness, Nantahala National ...

The Haoe Fire in the Nantahala National Forest grew to 800 acres April 16 and is partially burning within a scar left from an 8,000-acre fire, which tore through the area during a disastrous fire ...

The largest of these, the Haoe Fire, was burning 500 acres in the Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock Wilderness of the Nantahala National Forest as of the evening of April 15.

The Haoe Fire ignited April 12 from a lightning strike in the Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock Wilderness of the Nantahala National Forest. The fire 0% contained with 50 personnel assisting with the ...

After fires burned for weeksin March, new fires have broken out in April. The largest of these, the Haoe Fire, was burning 500 acres in the Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock Wilderness of the Nantahala National ...

Wildfire season is not over for Western North Carolina. After fires burned for weeks in March, new fires have broken out in April. The largest of these, the Haoe Fire, was burning 500 acres in the ...

A wildfire in northern McDowell County near Little Switzerland grew to 175 acres April 14, with no additional evacuations or significant changes overnight. U.S. Forest Service crews are responding to ...

Map depicts closures within the Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock Wilderness in the Cheoah Ranger District of the Nantahala National Forest in Graham and Swain counties due to a wildfire on April 15, 2025.

Wildfires are raging through western North Carolina, with a fire in the Blue Ridge mountains causing Saturday evacuations in the small towns of Tryon and Saluda. The US Forest Service also said that ...