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Swimming holes such as Bear Hole and Salmon lie in the basalt. This rock erupted from an ancient volcano near present-day Susanville, CA about 15 million years ago, during the Miocene. The Lovejoy Basalt extends through much of Northern California, and is notable at Table Mountain near Oroville, CA, and Black Butte Lake, west of Orland, CA.
The Butte Creek Ecological Preserve and Butte Creek Canyon Ecological Reserve consist of 2 distinct management units, the Preserve, aka the "Honey Run Unit" 93 acres (0.38 km 2) owned and managed by the Chico State Research Foundation, and the "Virgin Valley" and "Canyon" Units 287 acres (1.16 km 2), owned and managed by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.
The suspect in the arson, who was arrested on a warrant issued Thursday, pushed a car down a gully near Alligator Hole, a swimming hole at the park, shortly before 3 p.m. Wednesday, Butte County ...
Butte Creek is a tributary to the Sacramento River, joining the river in the vicinity of Colusa, California, United States.About 93 miles (150 km) in length, [4] it runs through much of Butte County, California (the county, however, receives its name from the Sutter Buttes in Sutter County, California).
Ronnie Dean Stout, II, of Chico, California, was seen pushing a car that was on fire into a gully near a swimming hole in Bidwell Park shortly before 3 p.m. Wednesday, Butte County District ...
Chico has had a prescribed burn program for over a decade, and completes roughly two to three prescribed burns a year. The city often burns a western swath of the park as a protective buffer for ...
Big Chico Creek is a creek in northeastern California that originates near Colby Mountain in Lassen National Park. It flows 46 miles (74 km) [2] to its confluence with the Sacramento River in Butte County. The creek's elevation declines from 5,000 feet (1,500 m) above sea level at its head to 120 feet (37 m) where it joins the Sacramento River ...
A perfect storm of hot, dry winds, untouched brush and remote topography has fueled explosive growth of the Park fire north of Chico, now over 350,000 acres. The 'extraordinary' growth of ...