CRAVEN COUNTY, N.C. (WITN) - Smoke filled the sky and ash rained down on various neighborhoods across New ... the Croatan National Forest. Vanessa Claros, a BlueWater Rise resident in New Bern ...

NEW BERN, N.C. (WNCT ... on the status of the Croatan National Forest fire that began on April 19, the US Forest Service – National Forests in North Carolina issued a new report Wednesday ...

One of four national forests in North Carolina, the 160,000-acre Croatan National Forest south of New Bern is bordered by the Neuse and White Oak rivers and Bogue Sound on the Atlantic Ocean along ...

NEW BERN, N.C. (WNCT) — New numbers released by the U.S. Forest Service – National Forests in North Carolina say the fire burning in the Croatan National Forest is now 49% contained.

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 ...

NEW BERN, N.C. (WNCT) — Progress is being made battling the “Great Lake Fire” in the Croatan National Forest. Officials also updated the number of acres that have burned after a flight ...

NEW BERN, N.C. (WNCT) — The US Forest Service – National Forests in North Carolina issued what it said was its last report Friday evening on the Great Lakes Fire burning in the Croatan ...

NEW BERN, N.C. (WITN) - The Croatan National Forest is planning a prescribed burn in Carteret County Wednesday. The burn is happening one mile northeast of Cape Carteret on Millis Road and ...

NEW BERN, N.C. (WNCT) — A fire is still burning in the Croatan National Forest Wednesday, May 7, 2025. Officials with the U.S. Forest Service said the Black Swamp Fire is still only 60 percent ...

Croatan National Forest is in Eastern North Carolina, near New Bern. Its 160,000 acres of land include pine forests, salt water estuaries, bogs and “raised swamps,” the U.S. Forest Service says.