"So many people worked to preserve the pine barrens," said one fire manager, "and along comes an insect the size of a grain ...

When native pine trees are grown on their own they will develop taproots or sinker roots for stability and to secure enough ...

Walking along a dirt road last winter, I heard a collection of pleasant, sputtering trills coming from a stand of conifers ...

The fire that razed Melise Gerber’s house raced from the dry slopes of the San Gabriel Mountains above Los Angeles through ...

Sooner or later, a winter storm will hit, and deadly mudslides and debris flows that will likely follow.

For 18 years, Nancy Spiller savored “the magic of living in the canyon” high up in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of L.A., where the sun each morning would cast the craggy brush-covered mountains ...