While many wild herbs are regarded as having aromatic flowers and/or leaves, such characteristics are rare among our native trees. Some coniferous trees such as balsam fir have fragrant needles ...

Arbor Day was celebrated last week at Thomson Park with science-themed games for Laurel fourth graders and the planting of ...

After a brief hiatus to get her degree, Callie Fausey returned to her hometown in 2022 to work for the Santa Barbara Independent and now covers the two big E’s: education and environment. Although her ...