The mountain live-oak, or goldcup oak (Quercus chrysolepis), forms extensive groves on earthquake and avalanche taluses and terraces in cañons and Yosemite valleys, from about three to five ...

The road into Cave Creek Canyon is paved for about 4 miles. The lower dirt roads are manageable in a sedan. Make a scenic drive on the 17-mile Cave Creek Loop, combining Forest Roads 42 and 42B.

This town tucked high in the Chiricahua Mountains is surrounded by towering cliffs and lush forests. Here's how to plan a trip to tiny Portal, AZ.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park Superintendent Cassius Cash is leaving the National Park Service. He has been chosen as the new president and CEO of the Yosemite Conservancy.

The vast, 700,000-acre untamed wilderness that stretches west-to-east from Santa Clarita to Upland had more visitors than the Grand Canyon, which amassed 4.5 million, and Yosemite National Park ...

You can now add the Sierra National Forest to that list, as an estimated 25- to 30-foot-deep hole has opened up in the middle of Beasore Road just north of Bass Lake, near Yosemite Forks. "We’ve ...

Yosemite’s top official and the National Park Service are being sued by a non-profit over the park's forest thinning project. NBC Universal, Inc. If you’re in the mountains when fire erupts ...

A wildfire in Yosemite National park has destroyed 116 homes and other structures in the area. The Oak Fire in Mariposa County has charred 29 square miles of trees.

About 6,000 residents from mountain communities were still under evacuation orders while heavy smoke from the fire ... Calif. Fire crews have been making progress against the Yosemite forest fires.

JERSEYDALE, Calif. >> Firefighters continue to make progress against a huge California forest fire that forced evacuations for thousands of people and destroyed 41 homes and other buildings near ...