Scott Smith

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Winter not expected to end California drought

Winter not expected to end California drought

Scott Smith · October 16, 2014 9:11 pm

Judge: Factions behind closed casino need to talk

Judge: Factions behind closed casino need to talk

Scott Smith · October 16, 2014 1:08 am

California may restrict common pesticide

Energy and Environment

California may restrict common pesticide

Scott Smith · September 26, 2014 12:02 am

The Afghan Election: Without Votes, Results—and an End

Scott Smith · September 22, 2014 12:08 pm

California governor orders help for dry wells

California governor orders help for dry wells

Scott Smith · September 19, 2014 9:36 pm

FILE - In this Sept. 25, 2013, file photo an excavator removes trees that were bulldozed for a firebreak in the battle against Rim Fire along Dodge Ridge in the Stanislaus National Forest, near Tuolumne City, Calif. Wildlife advocates on Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014, plan to sue the U.S. Forest Service, attempting to block part of a recently unveiled plan for logging trees burned last year in the massive Sierra Nevada wildfire. The Center for Biological Diversity argues that federal forestry officials have ignored science showing that the California spotted owl population has soared since the Rim Fire scorched 400 square miles. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Wildlife groups sue feds over California logging

Scott Smith · September 4, 2014 10:38 pm

Feds critical of California twin tunnel project

Feds critical of California twin tunnel project

Scott Smith · August 29, 2014 7:29 pm

FILE - In this Sept. 25, 2013 file photo, Scott Small, and other National Forest Service crew members work to restore terrain that was bulldozed for a firebreak in the battle against Rim Fire on a nordic ski trail along Dodge Ridge in the Stanislaus National Forest, near Tuolumne City, Calif. The Forest Service says it will release a final decision Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2014, on how much timber to log from the Sierra Nevada's largest wildfire in recorded history. Last year's Rim Fire burned 400 square miles including parts of Yosemite. A debate has since raged about sending burned and dead trees to lumber mills or leave them and let nature take its course. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Feds say balance struck in California logging plan

Scott Smith · August 29, 2014 12:24 am

FILE - In this Sept. 25, 2013 file photo, Scott Small, and other National Forest Service crew members work to restore terrain that was bulldozed for a firebreak in the battle against Rim Fire on a nordic ski trail along Dodge Ridge in the Stanislaus National Forest, near Tuolumne City, Calif. The Forest Service says it will release a final decision Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2014, on how much timber to log from the Sierra Nevada's largest wildfire in recorded history. Last year's Rim Fire burned 400 square miles including parts of Yosemite. A debate has since raged about sending burned and dead trees to lumber mills or leave them and let nature take its course. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Feds allow logging after huge California wildfire

Scott Smith · August 28, 2014 12:27 am

This July 24, 2014 photo released by California State Parks shows Cal Poly Pomona Architecture students Emily Williams, top, and Bryan Charney as they pose for photos with children in a cabin called The Wedge, one of four designs that Parks Forward proposes to put on hundreds of campsites throughout the California State Parks system, displayed at the State Fair Exhibit in Sacramento, Calif. Parks Forward, a group formed by the state to help revamp California's state parks, wants to open up their natural beauty to a wider array of people than typical campers by designing cabins to attract people to the parks who don't typically camp because they don't have expensive equipment, such as tents, or they don't want to sleep outside on the ground. (AP Photo/California State Parks, Brian Baer)

California camping gets a twist with cabin concept

Scott Smith · August 23, 2014 3:28 pm

In this Friday, July 25, 2014 photo, vegetation grows among trees burned by the Rim Fire, near Groveland, Calif. Nearly a year after the Rim Fire charred thousands of acres of forest in California's High Sierra, a debate rages over what to do with the dead trees, salvage the timber to pay for forest replanting and restoration or let nature take its course. Environmentalist say that the burned trees and new growth beneath them create vital habitat for dwindling bird such as spotted owls, and black-backed woodpeckers and other wildlife. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Replant after wildfire or let nature take over?

Scott Smith · August 3, 2014 2:33 pm

People recall man looked out of place at shelter

People recall man looked out of place at shelter

Scott Smith · August 1, 2014 12:00 am