Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A house, shaded by large trees. - Alex Potemkin/Getty Images When it comes to choosing the right fast-growing tree for year-round ...

The rapid decline of our largest and most prolific tree in the Pacific Northwest andmost important tree species to the ...

Douglas fir dieback, caused by drought and insects, has spread from southwest Oregon into the Willamette Valley in a major ...

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 ...

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 University of Oregon claims approximately 4,000 different trees, over 500 species, stretch their branches across ...

When Brian French learned last week that the Doerner Fir was burning, he could think of only two reasons why: Either lightning had struck the enormous conifer in coastal Oregon — or someone had set it ...

A historic coastal Douglas fir tree known as the Doerner fir, which is believed to be 450 years old and is 325 feet tall, was burning in a fire east of Coquille on Aug. 17, according to the Coos ...