In a way, the pack mules “just lightened things” for people who were living through a historic disaster, said Michele Toberer ...

Mountain Mule Packer Ranch has dispatched close to a dozen mules to the Black Mountain community, where they’ve used to ...

With hundreds of roads still impassable due to storm damage and flood debris, Mount Ulla-based Mountain Mule Packer Ranch is using their “beloved” pack mules to bring supplies to areas not acc ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Pack mules still have a role in the digital age. The US Forest Service uses them to supply wildland fire crews in the remote areas of northern California.

Packer Heather Koon-Swanson has not been replaced since retiring. Federal moves threaten national park program ...