As wildfire becomes an increasingly lethal force that’s remaking broad swaths of California, people and animals alike are in ...

Often called Mexico’s Napa Valley, Valle de Guadalupe is forging its own path thanks to a new generation of winemakers and ...

from inspiring Healthy Soils programs in eight states including New Mexico and Montana, to shaping affordable housing and transit policy in the Pacific Northwest. And ultimately, sustaining this ...

Tom Dominguez barked out tree planting advice to a group of wide-eyed children from Chaparral Elementary School. “We want the roots to be nice and loose so they can go into the soil and grab the ...

American racers Mario Andretti and Phil Hill have a lot of successes in common, but also share some terrible tragedies, as ...

We become deeply familiar with the texture and smell of the soil, the movement of the sun ... and they have documented singed plants like Chaparral Yucca and Laurel Sumac already sprouting back ...

Casey O’Neill is a farmer and owner of Happy Day Farms in Laytonville, Calif. The opinions expressed in this column are not those expressed by The Mendocino Voice.

Ground fires occur along and within soils that are rich in organic matter ... These habitats may overlap in many places . Chaparral is California’s most extensive native plant community. It is also ...