SUTTER BUTTES, Calif. — About 60 miles north of Sacramento, the Sutter Buttes rise starkly from the floor of the Central Valley, the remnants of a volcano active more than 1.4 million years ago ...

Sutter County supervisors last fall approved a letter in favor of keeping the name Sutter Buttes. Included with their letter were more than 1,500 signatures collected on sheets labeled “Keep the ...

The Sutter Buttes are known as the smallest mountain range in the world and to the Native Americans they mean something more, something sacred.

Climbing through oak woodlands, up narrow cow paths and over a wild boar's toothy jawbone wedged in a stream, I finally arrived - out of breath and last in my group of 20 - at a high ridge ...

The beauty of the Sutter Buttes is often seen from afar, but few get to see them up close because it's private property. But over the next few weeks, the public has the chance to tour what's often ...

The California Department of Parks and Recreation has quietly purchased a piece of the Sutter Buttes in the Sacramento Valley, one of the state's most coveted properties. The state has been ...

The Sutter Buttes should not fall victim to the idea that the public must have untrammeled access to stunningly beautiful areas. Advertisement. Anneke Mendiola, Santa Ana..

The Sutter Buttes are known as the smallest mountain range in the world and to the Native Americans they mean something more, something sacred.

The Sutter Buttes is now mostly private land owned by a handful of farming families. In 2003, California State Parks acquired 1,785 acres on the north side of the Sutter Buttes, but more than 10 ...