A popular destination in the Olympic National Park has been closed with no timeline for reopening. Because the Upper Hoh Rain Forest Road is the only route to the rainforest’s trailheads, its closure ...

The main road to the Hoh Rain Forest has officially reopened after being closed for several months, bringing relief to nearby workers, hikers, and small business owners. The Upper Hoh Road was ...

How much is a rain forest worth? Until recently the answer was: virtually nothing. A tropical rain forest provides habitat for untold species of animals and varieties of plants; modulates the climate ...

BOGOTA, Colombia — 2024 was a brutal year for the Amazon rain forest, with rampant wildfires and extreme drought ravaging large parts of a biome that’s a critical counterweight to climate change. A ...

A road closure threatens access to Olympic National Park’s Hoh Rainforest this summer. Courtesy Jefferson County Public Works After a months-long closure, Jefferson County has secured some of the ...

In December, the one road leading to Olympic National Park’s Hoh Rain Forest, the quietest place in the country, closed indefinitely due to washout damage. Local agencies were having trouble securing ...

Flooding has temporarily closed the Upper Hoh Road leading into the Hoh Rain Forest at Olympic National Park. If you recall, the road was closed for about six months from November to May after a storm ...

SEATTLE – Just in time for sunshine and warmer weather, visitors may get a chance to return to the mossy Hoh Rain Forest in Olympic National Park before summer begins. Repairs on the damaged Upper Hoh ...

Olympic National Park on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington is huge, and there’s so much to see and do that it can be hard to plan an itinerary that doesn’t leave out something monumental. On the ...