Tucked away in the Sierra Nevada mountains, Calaveras Big Trees State Park stands as a testament to nature’s ability to leave us utterly speechless and feeling delightfully small. Nature’s skyscrapers ...

In these seven postcard-worthy state parks, you can marvel over stunning vistas and find hiking, biking, rafting and wildlife ...

A quest often connotes something heroic or perhaps noteworthy. My quest was not heroic, but perhaps noteworthy. Mr. Webster explains that a quest is an act of seeking, so my return to Crater Lake ...

Pioneer Park offers shady spots for picnics under towering pine trees. The town’s fire bell still rings from its historic tower. It once called volunteers to fight fires and now marks special ...

ARNOLD — California State Parks, with assistance from CAL FIRE, plans to conduct prescribed burns in Calaveras Big Trees ...

Image credit: U.S. Forest Service – Sierra National Forest via Facebook The threat of a massive wildfire destroying California’s giant sequoias appears to have eased. Favorable weather allowed crews ...

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The hotshot crews were deliberately burning a small area of the forest in an attempt to choke off the main blaze by ...

Our fossil fuel-powered civilization is stoking wildfires. And we’re paying interest on a growing debt to nature in the ...

Most people know Yellowstone was the first national park. Ask what the second was and you may get shrugs, but it was Sequoia National Park, and it’s celebrating its 135th year on Sept. 25. Here’s a ...