Chinook salmon are scheduled to be reintroduced to the San Joaquin River as soon as this year. But what seems to have been overlooked is that the presence of salmon also will mean the end of all trout fishing and, potentially, bass fishing on the river.

Until his last breath, naturalist John Muir fought against the construction of Hetch Hetchy Dam in Yosemite National Park.

Autumn is the time of year when those of us living on the west side of the Sierra Nevada have every right to be a little envious.