1+ week, 3+ day ago   (184+ words) Labor Day weekend is the last big send-off of summer, and the people who run California’s parks want everyone to make it home from this one. Ahead of the Monday holiday, California State Parks issued its annual reminder for visitors…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago   (235+ words) Active NorCal Lake Tahoe draws millions of visitors every year, fills up Instagram feeds, and anchors one of the most recognizable mountain landscapes in the country So why isn't it a national park? The question has floated around for a…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (217+ words) Active NorCal The cheapest item on this year's back to school list might also be the best one: free entry to 54 California state parks for more than a year Any fourth grader attending a California public school qualifies, and parents…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (335+ words) Active NorCal A quiet mountain lake 25 miles south of Weed became the scene of one of the strangest crimes in Forest Service history this summer, and a new national magazine feature argues it might not be the last The Atlantic…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (223+ words) How 8,500 Strangers Saved the World’s Largest Private Sequoia Grove From Development Active NorCal Some of the most remarkable trees on the planet were, until recently, sitting in private hands, with a development history that once included plans for homes and…...

6+ day ago   (237+ words) A dog walker in the middle of San Francisco got the surprise of a lifetime Saturday night after looking up and spotting a mountain lion perched in a tree in the Panhandle, the narrow strip of green connecting Golden Gate…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (266+ words) Conservationists are calling it something that has never happened in Yosemite’s history: a piece of the national park handed over to a private developer. The Trump administration is weighing a land swap that would transfer a quarter mile strip inside…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (180+ words) Tehama County ranchers are getting a new tool in the wolf debate: the actual data. County supervisors approved an agreement with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife giving Tehama County access to the confidential GPS collar locations used to…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago   (228+ words) Some of California’s rarest coastal habitat is losing ground to an invader from Europe, and the people fighting back could use more hands. The Redwood Parks Conservancy, working with the North Coast Redwoods District of California State Parks, is recruiting…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (240+ words) Pedaling through Yosemite Valley is already one of the smartest ways to see the park. Soon, there could be a lot more places like it across the national park system. The National Park Service has proposed a new rule to…...