Featuring Events, Trip Planning Resources and New Hiking Trail Maps SANTA YNEZ VALLEY, Calif., May 29, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- There is nothing quite like taking

TreePeople and partners prepare for reforestation in fire-devastated national parks LOS ANGELES, Sept.

Satellite imagery from the recently launched UK-DMC2 satellite shows forest fires in the Los Padres National Forest east of Santa Maria at 11:10 local time on the 12th August.

By Daniel Lopez, The Monterey County Herald, Calif. Jul. 18--The Ventana Wildlife Society has established an emergency fund to help rebuild its condor sanctuary damaged by the Basin Complex Fire.

By Talia Sampson, Ventura County Star, Calif. Jul. 18--A federal judge has blocked a U.S. Forest Service plan to have commercial loggers remove trees burned on 1,000 acres in Los Padres National Forest during the 2006 Day fire. U.S. District Court Judge George H.