Fire Restrictions Hit SoCal Public Lands April 15
The Bureau of Land Management’s California Desert District dropped into seasonal fire restrictions on Tuesday, and the order covers many wilderness areas.
What a Historically Low Snowpack Means for SoCal’s Dry Season
California just closed out the winter with its second-lowest April 1 snowpack on record. State engineers doing the ceremonial Phillips Station measurement found patches of grass where the snow is supposed to be chest-deep.
PCT Hiker Dies Near Anza After Medical Emergency
A 43-year-old hiker died on the Pacific Crest Trail near Anza on April 9 after suffering what authorities described as a medical emergency. The Riverside…
Quagga and Zebra Mussels Are Quietly Wrecking SoCal Waterways
Quagga and zebra mussels are small freshwater bivalves, most no bigger than a fingernail, that reproduce at staggering rates and attach themselves to virtually any hard surface. Boat hulls, engines, trailers, dock infrastructure, water intake pipe
Artemis II Splashes Down Tonight Off San Diego Coast
NASA’s Orion capsule is scheduled to splash down at 5:07 p.m. PDT today off the coast of San Diego, capping a 694,481-mile journey that included the first crewed lunar flyby since 1972.
Lee Canyon Is Getting a Real Chairlift. Las Vegas’s Ski Area Is Growing Up.
This week they announced the next piece: Chair 8, a new fixed-grip quad serving the West Bowl, set to open for the 2026-27 season
LA’s History-Making Wolf Is Now Roaming the Eastern Sierra
Wolf BEY03F crossed into Inyo County on April 6, becoming the first documented wolf in the Eastern Sierra in over a century.
California May Let Hunters Take Two Bears Per Season
The Fish and Game Commission votes this month on whether to double the black bear bag limit from one to two. For SoCal hikers and campers, the backdrop is a bear population that has grown faster than the state’s tolerance for it.
The Border Wall Is Coming for the Butterfly Center. Congress Said No Four Times.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has awarded a contract to build a border wall through a butterfly center in Texas.
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