For more on the Independence Pass Foundation or to volunteer, visit http://www.independencepass.org. For the first time in more than 50 years, a trip to Mountain Boy ...

The timeless image of a lone forest ranger winding through a mountain pass, trailing a string of pack mules is as ingrained on Western culture as the cowboy riding into the sunset. Next to Smokey the ...

The Rocky Mountain Regional Specialty Pack String gave a pack mule demonstration Saturday at Chadron State College’s Coffee Ag Pavilion. As part of the Forest Service for the South Platte Ranger ...

The Forest Service is taking a team approach to restoring a fire lookout on a peak overlooking the Clark Fork River. Although many helping hands are involved, the heavy lifting was done last week by a ...

The pride of the pack train is the unusual gear they can haul, everything from bundles of cedar shingles and 6-foot-long, 8-inch-diameter fence posts to wood stoves and gabions used for soil control. ...

The pack string also is used for teaching leave-no-trace techniques. Weighing 1,100 to 1,200 pounds, each mule can carry 180-240 pounds. They haul between 100,000 and 500,000 pounds of gear and ...

A project that could have taken weeks with human power has been greatly shortened with the help from some furry friends from Wyoming. For the past week, local Forest Service managers partnered with ...