After nearly three weeks, the Shining Rock Wilderness Area is again open guests. The 18,000-acre section of the Pisgah National Forest had been closed since the Rattlesnake Branch Fire broke out on ...

UPPER STATE FIN "Following the heavy rainfalls that helped contain and control the Rattlesnake Branch Fire, the Shining Rock Wilderness Area is now reopened to the public," the U.S. Forest Service ...

ASHEVILLE - The Shining Rock Wilderness Area is now open to the public after heavy rains helped firefighters contain a nearly 2,000-acre wildfire that broke out near Cruso on March 26. According ...

The Shining Rock Wilderness Area has officially reopened to the public after rain this week helped contain the Rattlesnake Branch Fire in Haywood County, the U.S. Forest Service confirmed Friday.

Crews also used a drone to map out hot spots ... to burn on private land near the Cruso community and the Shining Rock Wilderness Area on Pisgah National Forest in Haywood County.