The pride of the pack train is the unusual gear they can haul, everything from bundles of cedar shingles and 6-foot-long, 8-inch-diameter fence posts to wood stoves and gabions used for soil control. ...

The timeless image of a lone forest ranger winding through a mountain pass, trailing a string of pack mules is as ingrained on Western culture as the cowboy riding into the sunset. Next to Smokey the ...

A project that could have taken weeks with human power has been greatly shortened with the help from some furry friends from Wyoming. For the past week, local Forest Service managers partnered with ...

Every day beginning Nov. 1 and continuing through December, livestock trailers from across Montana, Idaho and Wyoming roll into the stockyard with pack strings to unload for the season. With trail ...

OJAI, Calif. (AP) - The U.S. Forest Service is using pack mules to supply firefighters battling a wildfire in the sensitive Sespe Wilderness of Los Padres National Forest. Each mule in the pack string ...