MENDOCINO COUNTY / Historic ranch becomes open land / Public-private partnership gives visitors access By Paul McHugh , Chronicle Outdoors Writer May 13, 2005 ...

Map updated Tuesday morning. Fire perimeter outlined in yellow, evacuation zones shown in red. A 30-mile swath of Mendocino and Lake counties is under mandatory evacuation order because of two ...

In a deal that could be a model for sustainable forestry, a nonprofit group in Mendocino County has received a $65 million loan to buy 50,635 acres of forest that it will manage toward two ends ...