Calaveras Big Trees State Park. In 1852, a hunter in the gold mining camp of Murphys California, Agustus T. Dowd, was in unfamiliar territory chasing after a wounded grizzly.

Air and ground resources have stopped the forward spread of a vegetation fire near a campground off Highway 4 in Calaveras ...

Backpack hiking in Calaveras Big Trees State Park near Arnold, Calif. haveseen/Getty Images/iStockphoto The largest giant sequoias are over 30 feet in diameter and rise more than 300 feet tall.

The sequoias stand in the Calaveras Big Trees State Park in the North Grove area. Now, they are no longer alone after scientists visited the area last month and discovered thousands of giant ...

ARNOLD, Calif. — Nestled just a few miles north of Arnold, along Highway 4, Calaveras Big Trees State Park invites visitors to witness the majesty of giant sequoias.

Sequoias stretch toward the sky in Arnold at Calaveras Big Trees State Park. Randy Pench [email protected] A prescribed burn is scheduled to begin “as soon as June 12” at Calaveras Big Trees ...

Plans to ignite a prescribed burn Wednesday in Calaveras Big Trees State Park have been put on hold due to overnight rain, according to park officials. Amber Sprock, spokeswoman for the California ...

A prescribed burn is scheduled to begin “as soon as June 12” at Calaveras Big Trees State Park, according to the California Department of Parks and Recreation.