COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho -- If you want to impress your friends with your tree knowledge on your next hike, check out the upcoming class from UI Extension Forestry. On April 26, The UI Extension Forestry, ...

Fir trees in Oregon and Washington died in record-breaking numbers in 2022, according to as-yet unpublished research conducted by the U.S. Forest Service.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 researchers, the ...

My 2-year-old knows no one of that name. She wanted to see a tree. Throughout the pandemic, the two of us have trekked rain or shine to the green canopy of a solitary neighborhood Douglas fir. There, ...

The giant Doerner Fir tree caught fire Saturday in Coos County, Oregon. Firefighters are figuring out how to save the historic tree. A drone captures fire damage from above the Doerner Fir tree in ...

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.

An aerial survey conducted this past summer by the U.S. Forest Service and the Oregon Department of Forestry found more than 1 million acres with dead or dying fir trees in Oregon, the largest amount ...