Kelp forests are valuable and iconic habitats of the central coast of California. Indeed, kelp forests are truly iconic to Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary and are prominently featured at ...

With 1,297 miles of trails, Los Padres National Forest is a hiker's dream. In fact, AllTrails has a whopping 312 listed trails in total throughout the national forest that are rated easy, moderate ...

SOLVANG, Calif., April 17, 2025 — Los Padres National Forest officials released the draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Wildfire Risk Reduction Project (WRRP) on the Forest’s Monterey ...

The Monterey and Mt. Pinos Ranger districts have received adequate amounts of rainfall to safety lift fire restrictions on those districts, forest officials report.

Marine Reserve, which is nestled within the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. Turner named all 12 new species, several of which are considered rare or have very restricted distributions, ...