This visual — like a curling snake over the California chaparral and woodlands — was too enticing to abandon. The problem is that there is no schedule for freight trains. But a historical ...

Effective wildfire mitigation in California requires a holistic approach that goes beyond large-scale vegetation removal, ...

Unlike the forests or the prairie, fires in the chaparral are infrequent and intensely hot. While the Native Americans in California deliberately set fires to shrubland, they were not trying to ...

This wall of volcanic rock, firmly installed among chaparral and woodlands within the Napa River watershed, offers spectacular views, an exhilarating walk and a bounty of wildlife habitat ...