California announced three new state parks on Earth Day 2026, including the largest along a major Northern California river.

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A sprawling 1,530-acre ranch near Redding with private fly fishing access is on the market for $18.5 million.

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Two bills now moving through Sacramento reflect a growing divide over how the state manages its expanding predator populations.

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The massive tree, which measured more than five feet across at its base, had reached the end of its natural life.

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Salmon, steelhead, and the public are about to gain access to a stretch of Northern California land that has been quietly in conservation hands for nearly a decade.

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Whoever did it appeared to know exactly what they were doing.

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A coalition of farmers, scientists, and government agencies is performing an interesting salmon restoration project in the Sacramento River near Redding.

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Summer at Lake Tahoe is closer than it feels, and the U.S. Forest Service just released its opening schedule for recreation sites.

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Northern California knows how to mark Earth Day 🌍 

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Why did Sonoma Water just shift the Russian River to a “dry water supply” designation?

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One of the Sierra Nevada’s biggest Earth Day gatherings is back this weekend, and it’s free to attend.

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A surprise move from the Trump administration is throwing a new wrinkle into the long-running battle over Northern California’s Eel River dams.

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Keep Tahoe Blue’s Earth Day cleanup events were originally scheduled for Earth Day, April 22, but an incoming winter storm forced organizers to push both to later in the week. 

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Rivers of the Lost Coast is a documentary chronicling fly fishing for wild salmon and steelhead in Northern California in the 1900's.

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From record heat to near-zero precipitation, California's March 2026 was unlike anything in 132 years of weather data.

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A new appeal challenges the federal government on two Yuba River dams, as salmon, steelhead, and green sturgeon populations hit historic lows.

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California is home to numerous coveted camping spots. This one is the most difficult to score a reservation.

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A photograph from Grass Valley’s past tells quite a story about how the town once welcomed its visitors.

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Ranchers are still at odds with gray wolves, who are particularly deadly in one Northern California county.

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A 78-year-old woman has died after being bitten by a venomous snake while walking on a rural property in Mendocino County.

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For a bird that hides in spots that are nearly impossible to access, that kind of concentration is remarkable.

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California beachgoers have been encountering an unsettling sight lately — dead and dying seabirds washing ashore along much of the state’s coastline.

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Two ancient lakes. One region. Not a bad geological legacy for Northern California.

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California has spent the past decade building one of the most aggressive cannabis regulatory systems in the country, and the numbers from that effort tell quite a story.

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After decades of sitting dark, the historic hotel once owned by Frank Sinatra is coming back in 2027.

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California’s ocean salmon fishing season is making a major comeback in 2026 after three consecutive years of commercial closure and extremely limited recreational access.

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You’ll be surprised to learn that the term 420 was created right here in Northern California.

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An unsettling pattern has been developing along the Northern California coast.

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Did you feel it?

A truck ended up at the bottom of Bass Lake last week after a boat ramp mishap that probably made for a rough afternoon in Madera County.

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