Posted: April 29, 2025 | Last updated: April 29, 2025 A fire is burning across 950 acres in the Croatan National Forest in North Carolina.

U.S. Forest Service and conservation groups work to shore up and reopen national forests and assist nearby N.C. communities after Helene.

To help fight fires like those, the US Forest Service just announced $3.2 billion coming from the Biden administration that will be distributed among 18 national forests including the Croatan ...

Beyond that: hundreds of homes, including ones in Bluewater Rise. Map shows the April 2023 Great Lakes Fire in the Croatan National Forest. Mariano Santillan / Carolina Public Press ...

NEW BERN, N.C. (WNCT) — Crews entered the fifth week battling the Croatan National Forest fire with hopes of 100% containment soon. The fourth week brought positive results. Some much-needed … ...

The latest estimate is that the Great Lakes Fire is now 32,400 acres or just over 50 square miles. The fire is mostly in Craven County, but the latest maps show it has also moved into Jones County.

Croatan National Forest fire numbers adjusted, battle continues by: Cheyenne Pagan, Jason O. Boyd, U.S. Forest Service - National Forests in North Carolina Posted: Apr 24, 2023 / 03:06 AM EDT ...

NEW BERN, N.C. (WNCT) — The fifth day of work at the “Great Lake Fire” in the Croatan National Forest proved to be a good one Sunday. In the latest update from the U.S. Forest Ser… ...

HAVELOCK, N.C. — A fire burning in the Croatan National Forest is now 30% contained and 36,000 acres in size, according to the U.S. Forest Service. The fire has been burning throughout this week ...

Air quality across much of eastern North Carolina has reached unhealthy levels in several coastal counties as a 55-square-mile wildfire burns the Croatan National Forest.