California has no shortage of natural beauty, but this particularly striking reservoir makes for an excellent campsite, ...

Anyone caught starting a campfire in the Eldorado National Forest can face fines from $5,000 to $10,000. The ban means no wood or charcoal fires will be allowed anywhere in the forest to prevent a ...

In early June, Vernon “Cody” Matthews said he was leaving his family’s Northern California vacation cabin for a hike. He never returned. Today, the King fire rages in the Eldorado National ...

Eldorado National Forest campfire restriction are set to last until the end of November. This story was originally published May 29, 2020 at 1:24 PM. Get one year of unlimited digital access for ...

Eldorado National Forest is experiencing three times the number of visitors they would experience in this time of year. That means an increase in abandoned campfires and an increase in traffic, ...

Tips may be reported to 530-622-5061 in the Eldorado National Forest, 530-265-4531 in the Tahoe National Forest and 530-543-2600 in the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit.

ELDORADO NATIONAL FOREST (CBS13) — Amid a Red Flag Warning and grave fire conditions, the U.S. Forest Service has taken unprecedented steps to prevent disaster. "We have closed down the ...

Charred trees punctuated the Eldorado National Forest like blackened skeletons of their former selves, victims of the Mosquito Fire. Two years earlier, in 2022, the Mosquito Fire started in Tahoe ...

Since 2022, the Stanislaus National Forest has been reducing fuels on about half of its fire-prone acreage, thanks mainly to a $55 million federal grant. The forest now has approval for a detailed ...

Eldorado National Forest firefighters Cai Phuong, front, and Alex Stanfield mop up hot spots after a prescribed burn in the Stanislaus National Forest in California, on May 20, 2022. Andy Alfaro ...

Two years earlier, in 2022, the Mosquito Fire started in Tahoe National Forest, moved north to the Eldorado, and torched a total of 76,788 acres, making it California’s largest wildfire in 2022.