North Fork of the American River

Yesterday the M.C. Escher "Art of Illusion" exhibit drew me to the Crocker Museum in Sacramento, and after savoring the works of t...

Retired Tahoe National Forest Supervisor John Skinner writes: ******* Russ, I enjoyed your historic and geologic view of our SF Yuba Canyon ...

This morning I drove to Colfax and met Ron Gould, and we continued in his 4WD pickup via Grass Valley and Nevada City to Highway 20 and then...

We were late. Late, for a very important date. Catherine O'Riley and I drove up I-80 and then, from Yuba Gap, in past Lake Valley and Hu...

Below, hiker extraordinaire Julie shares her experiences on the Painted Rock Trail. A few words of introduction: the trail connects Squaw Va...

Friday dawned cloudy, and stayed cloudy, and summer thunderstorms were said to be brewing in the Sierra. Hence Ron Gould and I thought it th...

Over the past winter and spring I offered up several anecdotes about Chief Weimar of the Nisenan Maidu, for whom the Placer County town of W...