Between 128,000 and 186,000 years ago, when ice covered the Sierra Nevada, a lake 100 miles long and 600 feet deep sat in ...

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After a parade of Pacific storms drenched California, a body of water that had been erased from most modern maps has quietly ...

Head to this unique lake for an outdoorsy retreat near Paso Robles, California, with endless opportunities for swimming, ...

McKnight grantee Joshua Jones sees close alignment between his environmental work with young people and his cultural values.

The crown jewel of the town of Lake George is the lake itself. Lake George is a narrow, oval lake that stretches 32 miles in length, features 176 miles of shoreline and encompasses more than 170 ...

This is snow that forms when a cold air mass passes over a relatively warm lake. The temperature contrast causes the air to pick up moisture and heat from the lake, which then rises, condenses, and ...

In 2008, Mountain Lake, made famous by the 1987 film “Dirty Dancing,” dried up and remained that way for over a decade. But this summer, it’s starting to fill back up, astonishing both locals and ...

Lake-Geauga Habitat for Humanity recently celebrated the dedication of its 99th home in Painesville, marking a new beginning for Jackie and her two children. During the dedication — with ...

Located in northwest England, the English Lake District is a mountainous area, whose valleys have been modelled by glaciers in the Ice Age and subsequently shaped by an agro-pastoral land-use system ...