(See the box on Page A2 with this story for information on reserving cabins.) The three newly renovated cabins bring the number of rentable forest cabins in Arizona to 17, Makansi said.

The Snow Survey Cabin in the Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest offers recreationists a place to stay in the woods. It is open all year and includes a propane heater and stove and bunk beds.

It is the oldest surviving administrative cabin on Forest Service land. It was 119-years ago that early Forest Service rangers Than Wilkerson and Hank Tuttle built the ranger station in 15 days.

Because of the unique nature of the deal, many Forest Service cabin owners have become versed in lobbying and organizing -- pastimes not typically associated with lazy summers in the woods.

The U.S. Forest Service recently sent notice to Lake Wenatchee cabin owners that lease fees for the public land will spike more than 1,000 percent, from $1,400 to more than $17,000, by 2011.

The Forest Service calculates that with inflation, it’ll cost $1,026,000 to maintain Tongass cabins in 2019. They project the cost of maintaining their 41 cabins in the Chugach will increase ...

The U.S. Forest Service announced the removal of 10 cabins in Tongass National Forest this week. The cabins will be closed over the next few years due to lack of public use.

Alaska will get about $14.4 million to repair existing cabins and build new ones throughout the state, said James King, the Forest Service’s director of recreation, land and minerals for the ...