Max Chesnes is the Tampa Bay Times' environment and climate reporter, covering public lands, water quality, wildlife and everything in between. Reach him at [email protected] or follow him on ...

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The campground north of Tampa Bay is owned by a state water agency. The Southwest Florida Water Management District on Friday announced it is closing the popular Chassahowitzka River Campground, and ...

The three-day camp introduced 17 children to traditional rodeo activities including mutton busting, horseback riding and roping, with the Kernville Chamber of Commerce planning more events. KERNVILLE, ...

A beacon of hope for a Havilah family who, one year later, are still living out of trailers and tents as they try to pick up the pieces of their home lost to the historic Borel Fire. In Havilah, ...

A man's body was found in the Kern River Saturday morning near Hobo Campground, the Kern County Sheriff's Office reported. KCSO said in a news release Search and Rescue volunteers found the body at ...

July 20, 2025 – Kern County Sheriff’s Office officials report that on Saturday, July 19, 2025, at approximately 10:00 a.m., Search and Rescue (SAR) volunteers with the Kern County Sheriff’s Office ...

Dick Eastland warned for decades about the hidden dangers of the beautiful but volatile Guadalupe River, a peril he saw firsthand while running his family’s youth camp alongside its banks. Eastland ...

At least 90 people are believed to be dead statewide due to the weather. At least 27 people, both children and counselors, are dead at Camp Mystic after historic flooding wiped out the the Christian ...

The diversion of water for a Southern California Edison hydroelectric plant reduces the flow of the Kern River for nearly 16 miles. A group of boaters protested by carrying a raft along this ...

It started out like a typical whitewater rafting trip on the North Fork of the Kern River. Boaters paddled through churning rapids, gliding past boulders and crashing through breaking waves. But after ...