PORTLAND — Fir trees in Oregon and Washington died in record-breaking numbers in 2022, according to as-yet-unpublished research conducted by the U.S. Forest Service. Called “Firmageddon” by ...

Flying over Oregon's woodlands, tree health specialist Danny DePinte was stunned by what he saw: a stretch of dead fir that seemed to go on and on. "As we continued to fly along, it just kept going.