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 ...

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 ...

The U.S. Forest Service is conducting a planned prescribed burn on about 1,820 acres in the Bankhead National Forest on Feb. 23, officials said. The burn is taking place four miles east of Grayson, ...

This spot has all the must-have features of the perfect swimming hole: idyllic forest surroundings, a beautiful cascade, and ...

Two items in the news that may be of interest to North Alabama birders: * In Madison County, the cities of Madison and Triana plan to ask the Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge for a permit to install a ...

LAWRENCE COUNTY, Ala. (WAFF) - A missing hiker was rescued from the Bankhead National Forest on Thursday. Lawrence County authorities received a call that a man who had gone to the Big Tree area of ...

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 ...

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 ...

UPDATE: The two hikers missing in Bankhead National Forest were found safely Thursday. According to the Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office, the missing hikers were located by the ground search teams.

LAWRENCE COUNTY, Ala. (WHNT) — The Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office says 10 out-of-state college students were trapped by floodwaters in Bankhead National Forest Sunday morning. At around 7 a.m., ...

LAWRENCE COUNTY, Ala. – A group of moms and 11 children were found in the Sipsey Wilderness after going missing Wednesday afternoon in the Bankhead National Forest. Crews say they located the group ...