With so many varieties sold as Christmas trees, knowing what differentiates a Douglas fir from a Norway spruce is key to shopping for a real tree you’ll love. You’re likely to see more than one ...

“The superlative trees,” Koomjian called them. One of the first of these trees they climbed as a group is the Brummit Fir (aka the Doerner Fir) — a 327-foot giant in Coos County, Oregon. “The Brummit ...

Douglas fir trees around Ashland are dying in the thousands. It’s one example of how our changing climate is affecting forests in the region. Ashland Fire and Rescue Wildfire Division Chief Chris ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. – Increases in mortality among Douglas-fir in the Klamath Mountains are the result of multiple factors that have the iconic tree in a “decline spiral” in parts of the region, a new ...

Drought and insects have killed an unprecedented number of Oregon’s Douglas fir trees during the last decade, costing billions in timber value, damaging infrastructure and ramping up wildfire danger.