The long, sweet, cozy story of the Gibbons and Ozmen families, where campaign cash and government contracts have been the currency of friendship, ...
Governments turn to cloud seeding to fight drought, but money and science pose obstacles On a mountaintop clearing in the Sierra Nevada stands ...
Report: Airborne pesticides in Central Valley carry to Sierra, where they threaten frogs A new study shows frogs in the Sierra Nevada mountains are threatened by airborne pesticides that drift eastward from California's Central Valley. Researchers at Southern Illinois University and the ...
Pilot, passenger killed in small plane crash near Mammoth Lakes in California Two people have died in a small plane crash in the Sierra Nevada near California's Mammoth Lakes. Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Mike Fergus says the single-engine Cessna with a pilot ...
California wild: whitewater rafting and mountain scenery along 3 forks of the American River There is white water to ride on California's American River, and it flows through the mountain scenery of the Sierra Nevada and some of the state's historic Gold ...
04225371 date 15 10 2008 Copyright imago Eisend Backpack a Wanderers on the Summit the Mount Whitney in the Sierra Nevada in California next to a Sign to John Muir Trail Model Released Trekking Tour Trekking tour Hike Mountain hiking A mountain ...
Federal scientists warn climate change could cause giant sequoias to die off more quickly Federal researchers are warning that warming temperatures could soon cause California's giant sequoia trees to die off more quickly unless forest managers plan with an eye toward climate ...
Climate change will melt the 21 remaining glaciers in the Pyrenees mountains before 2050, a group of Spanish researchers said Friday. "The steady increase in temperature -- a total of 0.9 degrees Celsius from 1890 to today -- indicates that the Pyrenees ...
Eureka! Recession, high gold prices draw new wave of prospectors to California's gold country There's still gold in California's Sierra Nevada foothills, and a new rush is under way to find it. Not since the Great Depression have so many hard-luck people ...
California authorities say driver fatigue is a possible cause of a deadly crash of a mountain resort's shuttle bus in California's Sierra Nevada. California Highway Patrol Officer Steve Skeen said Sunday that investigators also are focusing on whether the driver had a ...
Ski resort bus crash kills 1, injures 27, shuts down main highway through Sierra Nevada A mountain resort's employee shuttle bus crashed on the main highway through California's Sierra Nevada on Saturday, killing a passenger and injuring 27 others, authorities said. The ...
Congress passes long-stalled bill to expand wilderness protection in 9 states Congress has voted to set aside more than 2 million acres in nine states as protected wilderness — from California's Sierra Nevada mountains to the Jefferson National Forest in Virginia. The ...
