Douglas fir trees around Ashland are dying in the thousands ... A long cable hangs down and on each pass the helicopter picks up three or four large trees, stripped of their branches.

The Douglas fir, also called a Douglas tree, Oregon pine or Douglas spruce, can grow hundreds of feet high — and the oldest of the species can live for over 1,000 years. The Douglas fir was ...

In Oregon, a homeowner revived 100-year-old Douglas fir floors into a warm, kid-friendly space full of soul and story.

Projections of future climate water deficit suggest that areas of Douglas-fir mortality will increase substantially over the next three decades, the authors say, with each hot drought year leading ...

Some of the most spectacular forests of Douglas fir in the West are found on the west slope of the Cascade Mountains in Oregon. Though heavily logged by the timber industry for its straight ...

Projections of future climate water deficit suggest that areas of Douglas-fir mortality will increase substantially over the next three decades, the authors say, with each hot drought year leading ...

The U.S. Forest Service has maintained similar projects, like the Douglas-fir Heredity Study, for over a century. Some of the trees that were part of the original project, which was planted in ...

SEATTLE — Crews began cutting down a large Douglas fir tree in Seattle’s Maple Leaf neighborhood Monday morning. The tree is one of three in the back of a lot with a small house that’s ...