For the first day of winter on Sunday, Dec. 21, Jefferson County Greenways hosted a winter solstice hike at Ruffner Mountain.

Wild mint grows by the stream where the beavers live at Ruffner Mountain. The smell is crisp and alive there, and washes over a scene of renewal inside one of the most fascinating urban nature ...

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama --- Ruffner Mountain Nature Center plans to restore a mountaintop fire tower that will give visitors a 360-degree view of greater Birmingham from an altitude of more than 1,300 ...

It's the latest in a line of legal action between the two parties. The company tangled in a land dispute with the Ruffner Mountain Nature Preserve has filed a formal motion to quash a restraining ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. The Ruffner Mountain Nature Center plans to restore the ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Birmingham Police say a hiker has died after falling from a cliff at Ruffner Mountain Thursday afternoon. Lt. Williston with BPD tells CBS 42 the hiker was killed in the fall ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Fire crews have recovered the body of a hiker who fell to his death in a quarry area near Ruffner Mountain in Birmingham. Authorities say he fell 60 to 80 feet. Al.com reports ...

TELLURIDE, Colo. — A hiker missing in southwestern Colorado for more than two weeks died of an apparent fall. San Miguel County Sheriff Bill Masters says the body of 55-year-old Tim Cannon was found ...