By Jamie Hale oregonlive.com After summer backpacking season ends, before winter ski season begins, a magical window of time opens on Mount Hood. Fall is a glorious time on and around Oregon’s tallest ...

"This area sits near the Waterton Glacier, provincial lands in Alberta that are wilderness areas, so this will add on to a ...

As the number of fires continues to rise, each new one represents a roll of the dice, said Michael Medler, a former wildland firefighter and pyrogeography researcher at Western Washington University.

Driving along Oregon 18 in the fall, near mile-marker 25, travelers might catch an unexpected sight: a smiley face in the ...

Fall Color Larch trees amid other flora at Metolius Preserve, managed by Deschutes Land Trust. (Submitted photo/Wasim Muklashy) Western larches are stately trees, soaring 90 to nearly 200 feet tall, ...

Although the "leaf-peeping" season of late September is not as big in the Canadian Rockies, where I live, as it is in New England, the Instagram-fueled crowds have arrived here, too. So many thousands ...

Ms. Smith writes about rural Britain. She wrote from Dunkeld, Scotland. As trees go, it wasn’t that impressive. Its branches were a little crooked, one stuck out at a right angle like a broken arm, ...

As summer fades into early fall, that can only mean one thing in the high reaches of the Cascades: The golden larches have arrived. Avoid the rush of the “Larch Madness” at some of Washington’s most ...

Every fall, Washington’s larch trees transform from green to golden yellow before shedding their needles, creating a short-lived but spectacular display. The Enchantments in the Alpine Lakes ...

NORTHWEST NEW MEXICO. THE MCKINLEY COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS THE ANIMAL HAD BEEN SPOTTED THREE TIMES IN THE PAST 24 HOURS. THESE PHOTOS, POSTED ON THE OFFICE’S FACEBOOK PAGE. THE BLACK BEAR FOUND ...

Nathaniel Gray, owner of Gray's Wood Shop, creates unique pieces out of big timber. (Kate Heston/Daily Inter Lake) Unique pieces of wood in Nathaniel Gray's wood shop. (Kate Heston/Daily Inter Lake) ...