Evacuating the Tahoe basin in summer could take 14 hours, and 99% of properties are at risk — yet new developments are built in high-danger fire areas.

Gary Gerren, the affable fire chief in the community of Fallen Leaf Lake, is serious about protecting the few hundred full-time residents and the thousands of summer daytrippers who descend on his ...

Evacuating the Tahoe basin in summer could take 14 hours, and 99% of properties are at risk — yet new resorts are being built ...

Four western North Carolina families share housing challenges they live daily some six months after Helene’s devastation.

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It is commonly assumed that as forest ecosystems age, they accumulate and store (sequester) more carbon. A study based at the ...

A family from California embraced the slopes of Park City, and built a house in tune with nature. Kirsten Molz always thought ...

The hut, which sits adjacent to the remains of the historic North London Mill, had a soft opening last winter and is now ...

Enjoy destinations between Raleigh and the Great Smoky Mountain Range that offer jaw-dropping nature, historical landmarks, and American roadside attractions.

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In the vast wilderness of Central Oregon, where sagebrush stretches to the horizon and cell service goes to die, there exists ...

Virginia hides a frontier time capsule in its southwestern corner that blooms with both history and wildflowers when spring ...