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Officials at Daniel Boone National Forest have announced plans for reopening recreation sites beginning June 3. While officials emphasized that it is tentative, most of the day-use sites, such as picnic areas and shooting ranges, are among the facilities scheduled to open on that...

The developed recreation areas in Daniel Boone National Forest have been temporarily closed in an effort to help curb the spread of COVID–19 Officials at with the London Ranger District announced the closures Thursday, noting it includes campgrounds, picnic area and shooting...

A burning ban has been issued for all Daniel Boone National Forest land. Officials with the U.S. Forest Service instituted the ban Friday as the drought conditions continue to worsen. Campfires and open flames are prohibited throughout the general forest area in dispersed,...

The Williamsburg woman convicted of starting a brush fire that spread into the Daniel Boone National Forest in March won’t go to jail, and won’t have to pay a fine, but a federal magistrate judge has ordered her to pay more than $6,000 in restitution to the U.S. Forest Service...

Daniel Boone National Forest officials are asking for public comments on a proposal to implement or increase fees at multiple recreation sites. Officials stated that under the proposal fees would be increased at 25 sites with fees being implemented at nine additional sites. There...

The Whitman Branch Shooting Range in Daniel Boone National Forest has been closed to the public due to vandalism. Officials with the U.S. Forest Service posted notice of the closing of the facility, located near the Laurel Lake spillway, on the Daniel Boone National Forest...

The U.S. Forest Service is asking for the public’s help to find the individual(s) responsible for a series of vandalism incidents targeting signs in Daniel Boone National Forest. According to officials with the London Range District, multiple signs in Laurel and Whitley Counties...

Daniel Boone National Forest, Kentucky’s state parks, and the City of Williamsburg are working to accommodate individuals forced to evacuate in the face of Hurricane Florence. Officials with the national forest announced that the campground fees have been waived. Kimberly...

Two Corbin residents are among the four individuals who must remove the graffiti they have admitted to spraying at three locations in the Daniel Boone National Forest’s London Ranger District, including a rock wall at the Laurel Bridge Boat Ramp off of Ky. 312. Read this story...

Three months after it was closed to the public because of repeated vandalism, the Whitman Branch Shooting Range near Laurel River Lake is slated to reopen. Officials with the Daniel Boone National Forest announced that the newly renovated facility off of Ky. 1193 would be...