Nestled in California's Sierra Nevada mountains is a former mining town with an unusual name and past that will pique any ...

Proposal to sell public land withdrawn due to opposition from environmental groups, Tribal leaders and the public.

In the past, severe storms such as Tropical Storm Kay and Tropical Storm Hilary have flooded Owens’ off-lake dust sources, ...

First weekend of summer bringing critical fire conditions to the Sacramento and San Joaquin Valley and snow showers to the ...

The plan to allow sales of federal land - sales that could affect millions of California acres - had drawn opposition from ...

Utah Republican Senator Mike Lee released a statement yesterday saying that he would no longer pursue a provision that would ...

A Utah senator’s efforts to put public lands on the auction block ended quietly Saturday night in a social media post ...

From Lake Tahoe to the Nevada Test Site, public plots might soon be up for grabs however, some elected officials and advocates are rallying support for a 3.3 million acre land war. Following the ...

California, gripped by a housing shortage, wants to build 2.5 million homes. But it's running out of safe places to put them.

Scientists discover deep earthquakes in California's Sierra Nevada, revealing a process that could offer insights into the formation of continents. 85 ... resulting in land creation.