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 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 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 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 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 ...

OJAI, Calif. (AP) - The U.S. Forest Service is using pack mules to supply firefighters battling a wildfire in the sensitive Sespe Wilderness of Los Padres National Forest. Each mule in the pack string ...