Backcountry Press has announced the release of “California Trees,” a field guide by botanists and naturalists Matt Ritter and Michael Kauffmann. This book is more than just an identification manual — ...

In the charred landscapes left behind by the Los Angeles wildfires, a persistent sign of life has transfixed locals: trees. On lots where houses have been reduced to piles of rubble and cars to ...

GETTING READY FOR THAT TO CHANGE. PEACEFUL SOUNDS THAT COME FROM THESE DENSE FORESTS, LANDSCAPES THAT TAKE UP A THIRD OF THE ENTIRE STATE. TREES ARE LONG LIVED SPECIES. MANY LIVE WELL OVER 100 YEARS, ...

A sweeping conservation plan identifies where Joshua trees may survive in a warmer future and plots out how to best protect that land. Proponents say it’s the first time the state has taken steps to ...