Light & Seed® Magazine

How Adam and Shayla Swain have built a life around Alaska’s Chugach National Forest.

For Henry and Lakeisha Woodard, hunting is as much about subsistence as it is a vital way of life.

When Hurricane Helene bore down on my thru-hiker hostel near the Nantahala National Forest, I drew on a lifetime of waiting out storms in Louisiana—only to discover a new reality.

How programs aimed at encouraging Indigenous youth to join conservation fields have adapted to the needs of both advocates and the communities they serve.

In Western North Carolina, the Pisgah and Nantahala National Forests are huge economic drivers for their surrounding communities. After Hurricane Helene, a recovery fund seeks to restore the lifeline.

National Forests’ multi-use mandate supports economies big and small to best meet the needs of the American people.