Forest officials are now offering permits to cut down Christmas trees in designated areas of the Stanislaus National Forest, adding another location to the holiday program. The permits aren’t just a ...

Want to take a gorgeous road trip, help fight forest fires and score a free (or at least dirt-cheap) Christmas tree, to boot? Then pack your gear and set course for a national forest in California, ...

More than 36 million trees died across California last year, including 90,000 trees in Southern California’s four national forests, officials announced Tuesday. The central Sierra Nevada and areas ...

Shopping for a Christmas tree? Eleven national forests across California are issuing permits to people hoping to decorate their homes with evergreens this holiday season. The U.S. Forest Service ...

One of the largest tree die-offs in California history, which has turned evergreen forests into a bleak canvas of oranges and browns, appears to be subsiding after nearly a decade of wreckage. New ...

A recent report from the U.S. Forest Service revealed that more than 36 million California trees died in 2022, marking a significant increase from 2021, when the total was only 9.5 million. The data ...

Shopping for a Christmas tree? Eleven national forests across California are issuing permits to people hoping to decorate their homes with evergreens this holiday season. The U.S. Forest Service ...

Some “California shoppers are paying nearly double” the national average for a holiday evergreen, a new study says.