Outdoor adventurists can now view nearly real-time campsite availability directly on Parks.ca.gov, the official website for California State Parks. Previously, this information was only accessible ...

It's astonishing to learn that the ruins of a 2,000-year-old Native American village exist near the much younger, ...

This week, Cal Fire announced plans for a prescribed burn along the eastern extremity of Humboldt Redwoods State Park, west ...

In addition, a CAL FIRE grant-funded project launched this week for further fuel reduction near Highway 162. This project is supported by DWR, the Department of Parks and Recreation, the ...

Last Saturday, the California Department of Parks and Recreation unveiled a new mosaic sculpture — a life-size 225-pound representation of a bull Roosevelt elk featuring 138 depictions of unique ...

At the opening of the Central Valley’s Dos Rios last June, morning sunlight glittered off the new state park’s two rivers. California’s leaders, park advocates and local residents gathered to ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. San Francisco, CA — California State Parks Foundation today issued a reminder that the deadline for the organization’s photo ...

National parks are providing bare-bone services with skeleton crews on the first day of the federal government's partial ...

A crumbling, ocean-view motel that sits atop the Piedras Blancas bluffs in San Luis Obispo County was supposed to be the site ...

ARNOLD — California State Parks, with assistance from CAL FIRE, plans to conduct prescribed burns in Calaveras Big Trees ...

The U.S. Forest Service will receive over $9.3 million for 32 projects, such as a Ground Operation project for the San ...