PORTLAND, Ore.— Following a lawsuit by the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed today to protect the sand dune phacelia as threatened under the Endangered ...

A U.S. federal court ruled that the California Department of Parks and Recreation violated the Endangered Species Act by ...

Without an incidental take permit from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, State Parks can't allow dune buggies and other off ...

ASHLAND, Ore.— In response to a petition and lawsuit by the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today protected the sand dune phacelia as a threatened species under the ...

Off-road riders at the Oceano Dunes recreation area "can and do drive through flocks of roosting snowy plovers," U.S.

Shaped by the Central California coastal winds is the vast sandbox known as the Oceano Dunes. Trudging up the 200-foot sand ...

California's coastal protection agency planned to close the Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area to off-roaders. A state court said it broke the law. Now, it's appealing that ruling, arguing ...

Death Valley's temporary lake, fed by one powerful summer storm, is down to inches as it dwindles in the park's Badwater Basin. But as it evaporates, other parts of the national park are reopening. In ...

Our two-person team loaded the car with a GPS, a drone, notebooks, sample bags, a trowel and a flat spatula lovingly called a scoopula. Then we drove 30 minutes in our rented truck from Yuma, Arizona, ...

OCEANO (AP) -- The California Coastal Commission has voted to end off-highway vehicle use at the Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area within three years, a decision that follows decades of ...

The disappearing Colton dunes, found only in the Inland Empire, get a helping hand from the community. Originally stretching 40 square miles from Ontario to Colton, the rare Colton dunes are rapidly ...