UC Davis professor Hugh Safford found the highest living tree in California on a recent hike through the High Sierra.

A professor's casual hike in the High Sierra turned into a new elevation record for California's highest tree, the Jeffrey pine, which wasn't formerly known to grow at extreme elevations.

Every year there is a special time before and after vacation peak seasons where travelers can take advantage of nice weather, ...

Scientist finds Jeffrey pine trees at record mountain heights, suggesting climate-driven shifts in Sierra Nevada.

The Washington park encompasses the North Cascade Mountains, home to some of the state’s highest peaks ... through old-growth forest with views of the Cache Col glacier and the Stehekin River Valley ...

Van Wagner, a high school teacher and forester, completed his final climb of 67 trees on 67 peaks in all 67 Pennsylvania ...

The Bureau of Land Management is accepting applications for fracking in Ohio's Wayne National Forest, a move opposed by environmental groups. A judge previously blocked new leases in 2021 ...

The fire, named the Whitman Fire, is about six miles north of White Sulphur Springs near Brushy Mountain and is currently encompassing about 280 acres of the Monongahela National Forest ...

"Starting April 22, 2025, Tahoe National Forest will begin a prescribed underburn near the community of Camptonville, north of New Bullards Bar Reservoir along the intersection of Pendola ...