But wildfire experts say cutting down Southern California's chaparral won't make the region safer from wildfires. In fact, because of the local ecology, they say clearing vast swaths of native ...

Once gone, the chaparral and sage scrub that drape the wildest parts of Southern California are proving ominously difficult to restore. “For so long, people thought of chaparral landscapes as ...

Wild Hyacinths and Mariposa Lilies have popped out on San Diego’s hillsides. Both flowers arise from underground bulbs, and ...

“It drives me crazy when you hear people talk about how we need to manage the forests around L.A.,” says Richard Halsey, director of the nonprofit California Chaparral Institute and the author ...

Chaparral Middle is a public school located in Diamond Bar, CA, which is in a large suburb setting. The student population of Chaparral Middle is 1,133 and the school serves 6-8. At Chaparral ...

director of the nonprofit California Chaparral Institute and the author of Fire, Chaparral, and Survival in Southern California. “There aren’t any.” ...