To reduce the growing risk of intense wildfires, California is cutting and burning the areas that fuel them – but these ...

The Los Padres National Forest and the Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District announced a series of planned ...

In a bipartisan letter to U.S. Department of Interior, 19 lawmakers are seeking a halt to the plan to kill 450,000 barred owls along the West Coast.

Gas up the car and grab your camping gear for a weekend of adventure as you explore waterfalls and canyons inside a hidden gem forest in New Mexico.

Cal Fire added over 1.2 million acres in Central California to its fire hazard severity zones. New maps for Southern ...

The rich resources of Pacific kelp forests helped humans populate the Americas. Now depleted by as much as 95 percent, they ...

Using two species of flies from different climates -- one from the cool, high-altitude forests of Northern California, the other hailing from the hot, dry deserts of the Southwest -- scientists ...

Vetter Mountain lookout is about a five-mile round-trip hike. When it's open, you'll be greeted by a panorama of L.A. and a ...

Nearly 4,000 campsites across California’s 18 national forests could close for part or all of the summer season as the U.S. Forest Service struggles with budget constraints following ...

It's breeding season for the rapidly declining California spotted owl, and Ben Vizzachero was about to lead an effort to ...

The updated fire maps are being rolled out in four phases. The first two ended on Feb. 25 and covered counties in Northern California and the San Francisco Bay, including Santa Cruz County.