The major metropolitan areas of the West—defined as the vast region west of the 98th parallel and east of the Cascade and California Coast Ranges—have far outperformed most other U.S. metros ...

Pape said his team has conducted between 40 and 50 rescues on the King Range section of the beach ... take time to prepare before hitting the Lost Coast Trail. "This is one of the most beautiful hikes ...

The Service is proposing protections for 27 units of critical habitat: along the North Feather River (192,275 acres); South Sierra Nevada Mountains south of Placer County to Kern County (307,772 acres ...