Charles LaCalle, a resident of Santa Fe’s South Capitol neighborhood, labored hard hoping to rescue the fir tree in his front yard from an aggressive outbreak of the Douglas-fir tussock moth ...

The Santa Fe National Forest is warning visitors about a potentially dangerous caterpillar. The douglas-fir tussock moth ...

Last year, researchers at the U.S. Forest Service recorded Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) trees dying on approximately 463,900 acres (over 720 square miles) of land in Oregon and Washington.

Mature Douglas fir can reach heights of 300 feet and 10 feet in girth. In addition, Douglas-fir can live for 1,000 years, earning the moniker “old growth” or “ancient” forest.

Forest Service Geneticist Bryan Reatini walks into a research plot of Douglas fir trees at J. Herbert Stone Nursery in Central Point, Ore., in an undated photo. Erik Neumann / JPR ...

This is a forest type map of Douglas-fir. The forest cover type illustrated on this map is determined by where it most frequently occurs within its native range and at the frequency of occurrence.

350-plus-acre redwood, Douglas fir forest above Camp Meeker poised to become public park. Crisscrossed by old logging roads and trails that climb above Camp Meeker, the property has been a part of ...