USDA Forest Service

The USDA Forest Service is recommending hunters, hikers and all outdoor enthusiasts to exercise caution while visiting National Forests in Alabama as crowds come in with the cooler weather. This comes as the service reports southern pine beetles have destroyed thousands of trees in the state, causing the risk of falling trees.

Even after rainy weather doused much of the state, fire crews are still working to contain a wildfire in northwest Alabama.The “Big Tree Fire” in the…