Experts explain how prevention, early detection, and coordinated response can help protect California’s ecosystems, waterways, agriculture, and communities.

Roughly an hour from Chico State, a 200-acre farm near the Sutter Buttes stands out among the vast, uniform rows of rice, wheat, and other agricultural staples.

Kristina Fauss was hired at the garden earlier this summer, and is working on building a combustion lab to test how easily native plants catch fire, and how intensely and how long they burn.

The city park is home to an old-growth forest, plus abundant birds and a growing number of native plants.

Some tips on how to turn a small outdoor space into a thriving garden.

The rollback could impact the biggest undeveloped stretch of Orange County in the Trabuco District Area of the Cleveland National Forest, wildlands in the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument in Los Angeles County, the San Jacinto Mountains and Pyramid Peak, Palm Canyon Creek in the Inland Empire, and the San Bernardino National Forest near Big Bear.

Some species we label as invasive still serve a purpose by providing food or shelter to native species.

11 of Santa Barbara’s Favorite Bars and Restaurants will Feature Limited-Edition Botanical Cocktails Crafted with Native Plants Harvested from the Garden

A broad new water conservation law will soon take effect in phases, banning the watering of “ornamental turf” at corporate, industrial, government and homeowners association properties with drinking water across California as a way to preserve supplies.

A plant brought to California nearly 200 years ago has become a serious invasive weed in parts of the state.