In Riverside County, Oswit Land Trust was awarded $1.5 million for 642 acres in the foothills of the San Jacinto Mountains, preserving healthy coastal sage scrub, grasslands, and other habitats ...

The Cactus to Clouds ascent just outside Palm Springs, Calif., is grueling, but natural treasures, and a speedy trip down, ...

Several waterfalls on Mount San Jacinto are normally only visible from the road, miles away. But a Desert Sun photographer got a closer look.

SAN DIEGO — On the busy first Saturday of spring, dozens gathered at Cabrillo National Monument to fight for the future of their parks. "I am especially passionate about everything I had access ...

Situated about 10 miles southwest of downtown San Diego, this monument is much more than just a memorializing effigy. The main reason people make the journey to the monument is for its incredible ...

Sculptor Jocelyn Russell works on a model of Grizzly 399 for a sculpture she will eventually create to celebrate the bear.

A surge of grant cancellations hit researchers focused on the health of gay, lesbian and transgender people last week, as the Trump administration continues to target what it describes as ...

The Antiquities Act of 1906, signed into law by President Theodore Roosevelt, gave Congress or the president the authority to establish national monuments on federal land as a means of protecting ...

When Congress endowed presidents with the power to create national monuments, they set in motion one of the most momentous ...

Flowering fruit trees, blooming wildflowers and beautiful warm, clear and sunny days marked the first day of spring 2025, which officially arrived at 2:01 a.m. Thursday, March 20, in the Northern ...

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