A missing Fresno man, who deputies say was an experienced hiker, was identified Tuesday after being found dead in the Sierra ...

Sam Mauhay-Moore is a National Parks reporter for SFGATE. He grew up in Long Beach and studied journalism and ethnic studies ...

According to Fitzsimmons, all four of the Sierra National Forest’s full-time seasonal rangers who work between early May and early November were laid off.

Forest Service plans for Sierra and Sequoia national forests in California are being revised after the Creek Fire and SQF Complex. Prescribed fire should increase.

A number of California hiking spots in Sierra National Forest have been closed to the public following the deaths of a family and their dog in August. The trail closures are due to last until ...

Personally, I’m not a huge fan of the Sierra National Forest (and the San Joaquin River Gorge Special Recreation Management Area outside Auberry) becoming a national monument.

Sierra National Forest closure order cites “unknown hazards” near where Mariposa family found dead. All national forests in California were closed due to fires.

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK — A wildfire that threatened a grove of California’s giant sequoias in Yosemite National Park was burning eastward into the Sierra National Forest on Wednesday. The ...

Forest Service plans for Sierra and Sequoia national forests in California are being revised after the Creek Fire and SQF Complex. Prescribed fire should increase.

Sierra National Forest closure order cites “unknown hazards” near where Mariposa family found dead. All national forests in California were closed due to fires.

In danger of being left nearly unprotected are more than 550,000 acres of federally designated wilderness areas contained within the 1.3 million-acre Sierra National Forest.

Forest Service plans for Sierra and Sequoia national forests in California are being revised after the Creek Fire and SQF Complex. Prescribed fire should increase.