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ROLLA, Mo. – Mark Twain National Forest will offer three days of free day use and two free nights of camping at year-round recreation areas the second weekend in January in celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day weekend.
Free camping is being offered in unreserved campsites both Saturday and Sunday nights, [...]

ShareSALEM, Mo. — Arsonists are suspected of setting several November 1, 2011 Mark Twain National Forest Salem District fires.
According to Thom Haines, Mark Twain National Forest Salem District ranger, a total of more than 5,000 acres were burned November 1, 2011.
“If anyone knows who set these fires, please let us know,” Haines said. Contact Mark [...]

Shareark Twain National Forest law enforcement investigators are looking into the August 17, 2011 discovery of loss of water at Noblett Lake, located south of Willow Springs, Missouri.
Mark Twain National Forest Ava/Cassville/Willow Springs District Ranger Jenny Farenbaugh said the lake flow gate will remain open so fish can survive and move down stream to [...]

ShareWatercress Park, operated by Mark Twain National Forest, along the Current River near Van Buren, reopened August 5th. Reopening was schedule for earlier this summer, but work was delayed for a while due to the floods this spring, where the Current reached up to 25 feet deep.

ShareOfficials on the Poplar Bluff Ranger District of the U.S. Forest Service are calling for public comment on two proposed projects, one to enhance habitat for the Indiana bat near Greenville, and one to salvage black and scarlet oak trees on a 246 acre tract in western Wayne County.
The Brown’s Hollow Project is intended [...]

ShareUPDATED January 28, 2011: Deadline extended to MARCH 1, 2011. – Jo
The USDA Forest Service, Eastern Region (Region-9), is accepting applications for its Student Career Experience Program (SCEP) and the Student Temporary Employment Program (STEP).
These programs are designed to employ college students who would like to explore careers with the Forest Service or who are [...]

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 [...]

ShareSALEM, Mo. – Mark Twain National Forest’s Sutton Bluff Campground, on Salem Ranger District in Reynolds County, will be closed for renovation and improvements beginning Tuesday, July 6, 2010.
Improvements will enhance accessibility, upgrade amenities, and provide more opportunities for camping near the West Fork of the Black River west of Centerville, Missouri.

Share From today to this Friday, 14 volunteers will assist Forest Service staff in rehabbing Falling Spring Mill and cabin in Oregon County.
“Both the single crib log cabin and mill structure with Pelton wheel have experienced decay and need maintenance and
stabilization,” said Ken Hicks, a Forest Service spokesman. Doug Stephens, Mountain Heritage Association, will supervise [...]

ShareRolla, Mo. – Mark Twain National Forest is looking for a few good proposals to restore, re-use, preserve and recycle buildings on five historically significant properties.
The projects include Blount Farmstead in Brazil, Washington County; Burnett School House, an example of late 19th century Ozarks vernacular architecture, Boone County; Forner Property, 1920s historic homestead in [...]