The Shoshone National Forest is a first among forests
Arrowleaf balsamroot sprouting on a hill side in the vicinity of South Pass, WY. (Photo Credit: USDA Forest Service Photo, Shoshone National Forest, credit Kassy Skeen.)
This is the first in multi-year series of features where the USDA Forest Service will tell the story of every national forest and grassland we manage for the American people.The heart of Wyoming has a special and sacred…
Yellowstone National Park
Conservation verse Preservation?
A portrait of Gifford Pinchot on a national forest. Pinchot was the first Chief of the USDA Forest Service which was founded in 1905. (USDA Forest Service image)
Have you ever wondered why your favorite national park is surrounded by a national forest? Well, it didn’t happen by…