The Redwood Nature Trail is a 1.1-mile loop with around 400 feet of elevation. Owing to its proximity to Alfred A. Loeb State Park, it tends to see a greater number of visitors than the Oregon ...

In some of California’s most remote forests, a quiet tradition has been unfolding for more than a century. Though for redwood trees, some of which predate the Roman Empire, a century may be just ...

Southern California luthier builds guitars from sustainable urban forest wood 03:59. The sounds of music found in the world's natural forests are under threat.

The slug most closely resembling a banana is an integral part of California's ecosystems, especially the famous redwood forests, for the slugs' diet is made of plants that compete with redwood ...

For decades, road trippers in search of California postcard views have flocked to Highway 1 for panoramas of craggy coastline and shady redwood forests. But ask a local like me which stretch of ...

There are over 280 state parks in the Golden State—from Anza-Borrego Desert State Park to Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park, these are the seven best state parks in California.

California is a land of striking geographic contrasts—towering mountains rise alongside lush forests, while deserts brush up against fertile agricultural valleys. You can carve through snow on ...

Cone collectors with the conservation nonprofit American Forests collected 157 bushels on Sept. 3 and Sept. 5, 2024 in El Dorado National Forest, southwest of Lake Tahoe.

Without these efforts, California’s wildfire crisis will only intensify, fueled by plants never meant to be here in the first place. You Might Also Like … In your inbox: Get Plaintext ...

Why a California city may give up these gardens for wildfire safety City councilmembers in Berkeley, California, are considering law to ban most plants within five feet of houses in wildfire-prone ...