Kisatchie National Forest has open pine forest with grassy understory that is a suitable habitat for these rare snakes. The U.S. Forest Service regularly conducts prescribed burns to maintain the ...

Several pine snakes bred at the Memphis zoo were released in Louisiana’s Kisatchie Forest in an annual multi-state conservation event to help the threatened species thrive.

At night, these snakes are found “crawling on the forest floor or climbing in the forest understory,” researchers said. During the day, they hide under rocks, wood and plants.

In the early 1970s the Forest Service began closing Snake Road for three weeks in spring and fall to protect the migrating creatures, Sue Hirsch, a public affairs specialist at Shawnee National ...

Kisatchie National Forest has open pine forest with grassy understory that is a suitable habitat for these rare snakes. The U.S. Forest Service regularly conducts prescribed burns to maintain the ...