9+ mon, 5+ day ago   (645+ words) In the 1850s, miners, settlers and soldiers violently drove them out of the Yosemite area during the Gold Rush. Now, 175 years later, the Southern Sierra Miwuks’ descendants have begun to reclaim some of the land. “Having this significant piece of our…...

9+ mon, 1+ day ago   (911+ words) BRENTWOOD – In another step toward protecting Mount Diablo, 5 acres are now secured from future development following a donation by the Nunn family. Known as the Nunn-Paulsen inholding, the land was donated to the nonprofit Save Mount Diablo by Bob Nunn…...

6+ mon, 6+ day ago   (808+ words) By Anita Snow, Associated Press TUCSON, Ariz. — Wearing an oxygen pack on her back for her COPD, Marcia OBara is leading a group of nature enthusiasts on a mission to see birds. They carry walking sticks on the flat trails,…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago   (524+ words) By SETH BORENSTEIN, Associated Press “Not only are we losing birds, we are losing them faster and faster from year to year,” said study co-author Marta Jarzyna, an ecologist at Ohio State University. “Except for forest birds, almost every group…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago   (215+ words) Powerful storms over the past week dumped the most snow on the Sierra Nevada in a few days than any time in more than 40 years. The huge storms came after five weeks of dry weather through January, and have boosted…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago   (436+ words) For decades, whale watching has been a seasonal ritual along the Sonoma Coast, drawing locals to wind-swept bluffs, binoculars in hand. Now the pastime has earned national notice: Travel + Leisure has declared Sonoma County the best place in the country…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago   (764+ words) Conservationists and environmental groups on Friday marked the completion of a $20 million restoration project in Mountain View that transformed a 435-acre former salt pond, along with an adjacent closed landfill, into wildlife habitat and public open space. Views of Stanford…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago   (956+ words) A 153-acre property in the Santa Cruz Mountains that gained national notoriety after its former owner piled up more than 50 junk cars, old school buses, boats, rusting engine parts and mountains of other debris and refused authorities’ efforts to remove…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago   (311+ words) The company leading 15 backcountry skiers through the snowy Sierra Nevada wilderness near Tahoe, where they were caught in a deadly avalanche, warned of avalanche conditions just days before the incident. Blackbird Mountain Guides, a company that offers guides for skiing,…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago   (153+ words) Avalanche forecasters are continuing to warn skiers and snowboarders of high risk in the central Sierra Nevada Wednesday, as the fate of nine skiers missing from a major slide remains unknown. The Sierra Avalanche Center said risk was still “high…...