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Novelist Paul Lynch identifies a common complaint about western males in writing about a beleaguered husband’s desperate troubles, and his wife’s response

Out on a long late October day hike up the Potrero Canyon Trail, wild Pete and I met only a troop of hardy Boy Scouts amid the aromatic chaparral. We

This 5-mile effort was not as exhausting but just as thrilling as our mid-July Munch attempt

I’ve wondered about the mysterious Munch Canyon Trail for decades, and there were long periods where no signage existed to direct curious hikers farther

Henry David Thoreau has made the idea of deliberately “sauntering” along nature’s paths famous, and I agree that there has been much overemphasis on

What's open and what's closed in Los Padres National Forest? Some trails, day-use areas and campgrounds will be reopened soon, while some will have longer closures

Los Padres National Forest would have to spend $180 million to repair everything that was damaged in this winter's storms. "That is an estimate of...

The primitive U.S. Forest Service campsite behind Ojai is a key water source

Located at confluence of Manzana and Sisquoc creeks in Santa Barbara County backcountry, edifice is best accessed during milder midspring or early autumn

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