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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Drought and insects have killed an unprecedented number of Oregon's Douglas fir trees during the last decade, costing billions in ...

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 ...

Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) is one of the premier species of the Western forests. Not only is the wood exceptionally strong for its weight, but the trees are abundant. Trees can grow more than ...

Douglas fir dieback is spreading from southwest Oregon into the Willamette Valley. Long-term drought has led to swaths of weakened trees increasingly killed off by insects and disease. The flathead ...

Federal officials are enlisting arborists and other tree experts as they scramble to develop a plan to protect one of the world’s tallest non-redwood trees from losing a significant chunk of its ...

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 ...

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.