Another National Forest has an American Flag hanging upside down from it following the U.S. Forest Service's decision to remove regulations for logging.

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

UC Davis Professor Hugh Safford was hiking for pleasure in California's High Sierra when he stumbled upon a new elevation ...

A huge, upside-down U.S. flag now hangs from a prominent peak at Donner Summit near Truckee. Someone — possibly a group of rock climbers, locals speculate — affixed the flag to an east-facing granite ...

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.

The USDA issued an emergency order to increase timber quotas by 25% in national ... Forest and Tahoe National Forest, including areas in the Sierra Nevada surrounding Lake Tahoe, the Ruby ...

Safford, also a forest ecologist ... the most common tree found around Lake Tahoe and Mammoth Lakes — but is now also recognized as the highest elevation tree recorded in California.