Jacob Bushno, a federal employee from Illinois, served two tours in Iraq as part of the Army’s air assault division before ...

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 Forest ...

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 ...

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 ...

Snakes in Shawnee National Forest will soon have the road to themselves, as officials will close Forest Service Road No. 345 ...

HARRISBURG, Ill. — Officials with Southern Illinois' Shawnee National Forest plan several prescribed burns throughout the spring. The treatments aim to reestablish fire's role in Shawnee's ...

Brian Stone calls himself a “late-onset” hunter.

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 ...