UC Davis Professor Hugh Safford was hiking for pleasure in California's High Sierra when he stumbled upon a new elevation ...

Photographer Mitch Epstein's years-long project highlights the majesty and vulnerability of old growth forests across the US ...

Take a trip to this underrated California spot for otherworldly red-rock formations, fossils, hiking trails, rock climbing, ...

Cliff Witt, owner of Witt Hardwoods in Porterville, agreed there was likely "not too much good merchantable timber" in the ...

Forest Service says it will follow USDA order, but veteran San Bernardino forest manager says they know it can't be done.

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The employee, who works at Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks in California, was among those ... the giant sequoia trees, which have evolved with fires, have been unable to withstand the ...

Fire crews made strong progress battling the Silver fire in Inyo County on Monday, halting forward progress of the blaze, which continues to threaten some of the oldest trees in the world.

Firefighters in central California were working Tuesday to contain a wildfire near the Nevada border threatening a forest home to the oldest trees in the world, after making good progress on ...