Public input is being sought on a plan by the National Park Service and Washington State Transportation Department on a ...

Access to facilities, including restrooms and trails, could be limited at national parks and U.S. Forest Service lands, ...

Cal Fire’s Fire Hazard Severity maps for local jurisdictions, issued in 2011, are being updated, with Bay Area maps released Monday. While the old maps showed only areas deemed “very high ...

FIRE MARSHAL CHRIS BACHMAN WITH CONTRA COSTA FIRE SAYS NEW MAPS GIVE THEM A BETTER IDEA OF WHERE A FIRE WILL DO THE MOST DAMAGE. HAZARD MAPS ARE REALLY LOOKING OVER A 30 TO 50 YEAR PERIOD.

The new maps include Oakland and Santa Rosa, scenes of deadly fires, along with Northern California’s wine country. New fire hazard maps for the entire state will be released by March 24 ...

To view the latest local fire hazard maps, go here. Go here for more about the state’s fire hazard mapping. State officials released the latest round of highly anticipated fire hazard maps ...

SO 6000 HOMES AND THIS IS WHAT’S BEEN DESIGNATED AS THE HIGH FIRE HAZARD SEVERITY ZONE. THE HIGH RISK RED AREA ON THE MAP IS TRACY HILLS. A NEW DEVELOPMENT ANNEXED SOUTH OF THE CITY OF TRACY.

Mount Rainier and North Cascades national parks each saw six employees let go last week, while Olympic National Park lost five, said Bill Wade, the executive director of the Association of ...

Whether a first-time climber, or a seasoned veteran, preparation for this the Mt. Rainier journey begins now. The actual climbing season begins around late May and runs through September.

Mount Rainier, the massive stratovolcano in Washington state, has remained dormant for over 1,000 years, but experts caution that an eruption is inevitable. If it were to erupt, the consequences ...