In 1859, a deposit of silver was discovered in a peak of the Virginia Range, the first major silver discovery in the United States, kicking off a silver rush that brought thousands of prospectors to ...

California’s drought and bark-beetle infestation killed more than 129 million trees between 2012 and 2016 in the Sierra Nevada. But amid the devastation stood some survivors. At the time, UC Davis ...

In August of this year, three researchers made a stunning discovery: The world’s largest sugar pine, by volume, was in Yosemite National Park. The discovery marked the end of a four-decade journey, ...

A landmark sugar pine tree in Yosemite Valley, the centuries-old namesake for Sugar Pine Bridge on the Merced River below Royal Arches and Half Dome, fell in October. The old tree stood several yards ...

A big-tree hunter who has been charting some of the largest trees in the West for more than a decade has added three in the Sierra Nevada mountains to the list of tallest sugar pines known to exist in ...

A tree is planted near the Black Oak Campground area east of Georgetown in April 2016. In 2014, the King Fire tore through nearly 98,000 acres of El Dorado and Placer counties. As part of a ...

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — A big tree hunter who has been charting some of the largest trees in the West for more than a decade has added three in the Sierra Nevada to the list of tallest sugar pines ...

Drones have been used for filming, recording sports activities, exploring, even package delivery and now they are going to be used for forest restoration. The Sugar Pine Foundation is pioneering drone ...

A thick blanket of snow covers the Tahoe Basin, its grasses and trees dormant as they wait for spring. But tucked in an office on the southwest shore of Lake Tahoe, Sugar Pine Foundation Executive ...

When California’s historic five-year drought finally relented a few years ago, the tally of dead trees in the Sierra Nevada was higher than almost anyone expected: 129 million. Most are still standing ...

TROUTDALE, Ore. (KOIN) — At the western edge of the Columbia River Gorge, magnificent conifers grow. Specifically sugar pines, whose “name refers to the sweet, resinous sap it exudes from bark wounds, ...