A sign at Wayne National Forest's Athens Ranger Station on U.S. Route 33 in Nelsonville is among many that would have to be replaced if Ohio's only national forest undergoes a proposed name change ...

NELSONVILLE — The USDA Forest Service is proposing to change the name of the Wayne National Forest to the Buckeye National Forest. The effort comes in response to requests from American Indian ...

Before that, the forest was referred to by a number of unofficial names, including Ohio National Forest, Ohio Purchase Units, or Wayne Hoosier National Forest, as it was at one point administratively ...