Southern Illinois' "Snake Road" is closing earlier than usual this year, according to officials with the Sawnee National Forest. The reason? Warmer weather. Officially, the road is classified as ...

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 ...

Discover year-round camping in Illinois' Shawnee National Forest. Explore Pine Hills and Camp Cadiz for a winter outdoor ...

HEROD, Ill. (KFVS) - Back-to-back winter storms have crews in the Shawnee National Forest on clean-up duty. The roads are still covered with ice and snow, making it hard to get to parts of the ...

This photo was taken in the Hidden Cove Waterfall, the namesake of a Shawnee National Forest’s Waterfall pilot project. Provided The national forests in Missouri and Illinois have fewer ...

Indiana’s Department of Natural Resources (DNR) houses the 40-year-old initiative, which has recorded skyrocketing interest ...

It’s a way to say goodbye to winter in a big and special way on the Shawnee National Forest. Advanced registration can be made online at https://www.shawneefriends.org. Onsite check-in will ...

HARRISBURG — Bi-annually the Shawnee National Forest closes Forest Service Road No. 345, also known as Snake Road, to help ensure safe crossing for several species of snakes and amphibians ...

Shawnee National Forest fire staff and partners plan to conduct prescribed fires this spring, weather permitting, to approximately 19,650 acres in seven counties.

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 ...