From the Northwest came, instead, three towering shafts of Douglas ... on the great Fir trunks. This is the call of the blue grouse, for which the mountain is named, and as each bird utters ...

Douglas fir trees around Ashland are dying ... would be better left as standing snags for animal habitat like birds that eat the fir borers. And, he says, these same areas have been thinned ...

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. Increases in mortality ...

Leading them to fields of snow geese ... group would “go where the birds are.” Their first stop: a trail surrounded by Western maples, redcedar and Douglas fir tree where some of the birders ...

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 ...

It s a 125-foot Douglas fire tree that ... The tree was small enough that it allowed snow to fall right down into the house, which was beautiful, said Oard. Birds would fly in, raccoons would ...

Window frames and other details are done in Douglas fir, the walls in a thin veneer, “which gives a very robust surface that patinas beautifully.” Note also the wrap-around sofa and bookshelves.