California is restoring 67 acres of former agricultural land at Ensen Community Park in Salinas into wetlands, grasslands and ...

California burns regularly because of fire-happy native shrubs and trees, fierce autumn winds, and invasive grasses that act as kindling. Those factors in combination with frequent drought punctuated ...

Prevailing notions of responsible landscaping and gardening in California have long focused on a single metric: water use. By ignoring the importance of native plants, this formula disastrously ...

Daily Water-Saving Tip #61 on the state of California’s website suggests, “Dig up that old shrub and replace it with a low water-use plant.” It may seem trivial, considering that the state’s water ...