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 [...]

The Salem Ranger District is seeking public input on a project to reduce “derecho fuels” (trees, wood debris, slash, and woody tangle) still on the ground near Bunker, MO. The forest was severely torn up during the May 8, 2009 derecho winds. The debris has been a problem and has become a severe fire [...]

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 [...]