(WSIL) -- Bi-annually the Shawnee National Forest closes Forest Service Road No. 345, also known as Snake Road, to help ensure safe crossing for several species of snakes and amphibians during ...

We didn’t throw a dart at a map to choose the Shawnee National Forest as our road-trip destination this year, but we might as well have. I was completely unfamiliar with the 290,000-acre wood ...

Southern Illinois' "Snake Road" is closing earlier than usual this year, according to officials with the Sawnee National Forest.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WGN Radio’s Dave Plier talks to Carol ...

HARRISBURG, Ill. (KFVS) - Forest Service announced on Monday, December 6, that the Shawnee National Forest will continue with their annual seasonal closures that will be in effect across the ...

In the early 1970s the Forest Service began closing Snake Road for three weeks in spring and fall to protect the migrating creatures, Sue Hirsch, a public affairs specialist at Shawnee National ...

The Forest Service then declared they would solve “the pine problem” by clear cutting 50,000 acres of pines on the Shawnee through money-losing below-cost timber sales.

In the past few years, the Forest Service has been conducting massive logging on Shawnee National Forest. Selling off of our natural heritage actually loses money as it damages the ...

HARRISBURG — The Shawnee National Forest is closing Forest Service Road No. 345, also known as Snake Road, to help ensure safe crossing for several species of snakes and amphibians Sept. 1 to ...

In the early 1970s the Forest Service began closing Snake Road for three weeks in spring and fall to protect the migrating creatures, Sue Hirsch, a public affairs specialist at Shawnee National ...

Seasonal Forest Road closure will be in affect starting December 9. A free Motor Vehicle Use Map is available at the Harrisburg and Vienna office and lists all Forest Service roads and exact ...