April 15 Deadline to Apply for Youth Conservation Corps Summer Jobs
Rolla, Mo. – Monday April 15, 2013 is the deadline for male and female area youth 15-18 years of age to apply for seven summer jobs on Mark Twain National Forest through the Youth Conservation Corps.
The Youth Conservation Corps is a summer work program for [...]

Two items from the Mark Twain National Forest for our readers:
Bill Nightingale is Mark Twain National Forest’s new forest supervisor.
Before moving to Missouri, Nightingale worked in USDA Forest Service’s Eastern Regional Office in Milwaukee, Wisconsin where he was a program manager for the region.
Nightingale is a 1978 University of Minnesota forestry graduate. He [...]

This is the time of year when state and federal agencies are looking for both paid and unpaid summer staff. Announcement for National Park Service, US Forest Service – Mark Twain, Missouri Division of State Parks and Missouri Department of Conservation are below:
National Park Service is looking for seasonal rangers and for volunteer tourist [...]

By Thomas Haines
Salem District Ranger
Mark Twain National Forest
October, 2012
Well, the summer camping season is coming to an end. Loggers Lake Campground will be closing for the season on October 30 and Sutton Bluff campground will be closing on November 5. The good news is you can still camp on the Mark Twain, but [...]

MARK TWAIN NATIONAL FOREST’s NOBLETT LAKE RE-OPENED FOR PUBLIC USE

AVA, Missouri – Mark Twain National Forest’s Noblett Lake is once again open for public use
Mark Twain National Forest Acting Forest Supervisor Teresa Chase has rescinded the August 31, 2011 closure order placed on Noblett Lake after suspected vandals opened the dam spillway and drained the [...]

You are invited to comment on the proposed Northeast Lake Project 29409 during this official 30-Day Comment Period. Your comments are needed to help the Forest Service identify your concerns and issues, develop reasonable alternatives, and fully consider potential social and environmental effects with the proposed action.
The comment period closes by Sept. 24.
The Northeast [...]

O.k. campers, if you have any dry matches left you can use them.
The burning ban in the Mark Twain National Forest has been lifted in all parts of Missouri, Bill Paxton, recreation officer for the Winona, Doniphan and Eleven Point Ranger Districts told Traveler Saturday.

ROLLA, MO. — Mark Twain National Forest firefighters and partners have contained the 1,126 acre Potato Cave fire in Ozark County, about 9 miles southeast of Dora, Missouri.
Rain fell on the fire over the weekend. Firefighters will continue to patrol fire lines until they are sure there is no heat left within the fire [...]

From the Mark Twain National Forest late Thursday August 2:
“The Potato Cave wildfire burn-out was successfully completed late Wednesday afternoon and evening. The fire has burned 1,126 acres. County Roads 365 and 368 are open to the public today. However, fire crews will still be working along those roads, so residents and [...]

Yesterday, Mark Twain National Forest released this update via their website:
“Late Wednesday afternoon, August 1, 2012, fire crews were able to start burn-out on the unsecured portions of fireline on the Potato Cave wildfire. As of 5:00 pm, they are about 50% completed with the burn-out operation. There have been no control [...]