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California’s Wolf Packs Just Had Their Biggest Pup Year Yet, and the Map Keeps Moving South

CDFW's July through September wolf report counts 10 active packs, at least 42 pups, 15 confirmed livestock kills and a ...
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California’s Oldest State Park Burned 97 Percent. Here’s What Big Basin Looks Like Now.

Big Basin's redwoods survived the 2020 CZU Fire, but the park is being reimagined with a $370 million plan that moves everything out of the old growth.
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Lithium Battery Fires Are Showing Up in National Parks. Here Is What the NPS Wants Visitors to Do.

After a unicycle exploded in Yosemite's Wawona, the National Park Service issued a lithium battery fire warning.
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The Ocean Off Mendocino Is Already a Foot Higher Than Normal, and the King Tides Haven’t Even Arrived

El Niño has already added an extra foot of water along the Mendocino coast, and the winter's biggest king tides land right ...
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Smoke Over Mount Shasta This Week Is Planned: 759 Acres of Prescribed Burns Start Sunday

Shasta-Trinity National Forest begins prescribed burns Oct. 25 near Platina, Mount Shasta and Trinity Lake. Expect smoke and ...
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A Record-Strength El Niño Is Coming. Does That Mean a Record Snow Year for Tahoe?

The forecast for a historically strong El Niño has Tahoe ski resorts and water managers daydreaming about a big winter, but the people who actually study Sierra snow are pumping the brakes.
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He Summited Mount Shasta in Sweatpants and Running Shoes. Getting Down Took Three Days and 40 Rescuers.

A Florida man in sweatpants and running shoes spent two freezing nights on Mount Shasta's Whitney Glacier before a massive ...
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The First Real Snow of the Season Just Hit Tahoe and Mammoth, and Opening Days Are Three Weeks Out

Tahoe and Mammoth ski areas got their first measurable snow of the winter, with forecasts calling for up to 10 inches more by ...