Douglas fir dieback, caused by drought and insects, has spread from southwest Oregon into the Willamette Valley in a major ...

CAMP MEEKER ― More than 350 acres of mixed redwood forest that locals have long regarded as part of their own backyard is about to become a public park under a $2.23 million deal funded by the Sonoma ...

SHERWOOD, Ore. — Deep inside a forest in Oregon's Willamette Valley stands a dead "Tree of Life." Its foliage, normally soft and green, is tough and brown or missing altogether. Nonetheless, the ...

Douglas fir trees in the Pacific Northwest, vital to both ecosystems and the U.S. lumber industry, are dying at accelerating rates, with 635 acres lost since 2000. Experts link the decline to drought, ...

John “Tree Angelo” Barksdale can’t say exactly how many days he’s spent on a plywood platform 100 feet up a Douglas fir in a northern section of the Capitol State Forest, but he said Thursday he isn’t ...

West Coast forest landowners are expected to adapt to climate change by gradually switching from Douglas-fir to other types of trees such as hardwoods and ponderosa pine. West Coast forest landowners ...