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The US Forest Service has decided to implement Alternative 2 proposed for the Sutton Bluff ATV Trail System Project.
The trail is located near the West Fork of the Black River near Centerville. This decision will allow trail users to move from one trailhead to another without traveling on Forest Road 56-I, [...]

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Over the past year, my family and I have fallen in love with the Mark Twain Nation Forest. I feel so silly confessing that I never really understood what the Mark Twain National Forest. That is until my kids and I were invited to visit the Fuchs Home in Markham Springs Recreational [...]

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ROLLA, Missouri — Since January 1, 2011, Mark Twain National Forest has suppressed 110 fires which have burned more than 19,000 acres of National Forest and other land ownership.
“The Minninghaw wild fire on the Salem Ranger District, at almost 5,000 acres, is possibly the largest documented fire in Mark Twain history,” Mark Twain Fire Management [...]

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One of the most remote areas of Missouri is Douglas County. Just to the west of Willow Springs, one tier up from the more touristy Ozark County along the North Fork just before it runs into the White River, Douglas County is hilly, forested, and remote.
This area isn’t a tourist destination. [...]

ShareNoblett Lake Temporarily Closed, Effective August 31, 2011
AVA, Missouri – Mark Twain National Forest is temporarily closing Noblett Lake to the public, effective August 31, 2011.
Law enforcement investigators are looking into the discovery August 17, 2011 of loss of all the water at Noblett Lake, located south of Willow Springs, Missouri in Douglas County.

Share Mark Twain National Forest has partnered with Kinsail Corporation for on-line purchasing of permits and passes available for forest visitors.
ATV/motorcyle and mountain bike permits for riding at Chadwick and Sutton Bluff ATV and Motorcycle area are now available online at http://www.marktwainpermits.com/. The $7.00 daily permits can be purchased and printed on your home [...]

ShareROLLA, Mo. — Mark Twain National Forest will continue to keep its caves closed to the public through April 2016.
Geomyces destructans, the fungus responsible for White Nose Syndrome, was detected at two sites in Missouri in the spring of 2010. White Nose Syndrome has not yet been confirmed in the state.
Mark Twain National Forest [...]

ShareMark Twain National Forest June 10-12, 2011 will offer two days of free day use and two free nights of camping at eight Missouri campgrounds.
Free camping is being offered in unreserved campsites both Friday and Saturday nights, June 10-11, 2011, and free day use is being offered at unreserved sites Saturday and [...]

ShareMark Twain National Forest is offering the first annual “Back to School” fee waiver weekend at four recreation areas on August 14 and 15, 2010. The fee-free weekend aims to encourage activities on national forests and other green spaces that promote healthy living and mental well being, and to instill excitement for the outdoors as [...]

ShareMark Twain National Forest (United States Forest Service-USFS) is now seeking input for ATV trail improvements on the Sutton Bluff Motorcycle and Trail System. USFS is proposing 14.5 miles of new connector ATV trails, a new ATV parking/trailhead lot as well as close almost three miles of existing trail, and reconstruct 0.4 miles of Trail [...]