Recent warm, dry weather kicked up tree pollen in the Willamette Valley. The peak for tree pollen is about this time of year, ...

Though fire is a threat to people, trees and forests themselves thrive with periodic blazes The ground was soft and black, ...

Walking the white dog along the road near home, I spotted a Norway spruce cone. The white dog, whose name is Apache (for the place she was born), sniffed and turned away. She — the dog whose favorite ...

Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. Lori Beattie knows a thing ...

Wildlife agencies counted 232 squirrels on Mount Graham, about the same as a year ago, which is good news during a drought.

With so many varieties sold as Christmas trees, knowing what differentiates a Douglas fir from a Norway spruce is key to shopping for a real tree you’ll love. You’re likely to see more than one ...

A few years ago I took a walk at the Arboretum while waiting for my partner to finish an appointment. It was a crisp Fall day and being mid-week and late morning, the many trails were mostly free of ...

This is the one thing on sale (out of many things on sale we write about) you should buy today. Read more here. If you’re in need of a new artificial Christmas tree this year, now is the time to buy ...

Big Lonely Doug is a sight to behold—achingly beautiful yet incredibly sad. The thousand-year-old, two-hundred-foot Douglas Fir stands in the midst of a vast clear-cut on the rugged west coast of ...

Rising wildfire risk in the Pacific Northwest combined with volatile timber pricing may lower forestland values by as much as 50% and persuade property owners to harvest Douglas fir trees much earlier ...

In this episode of the Explore Oregon Podcast, host Zach Urness breaks down how the government shutdown is impacting Oregon's public lands and three other news stories on wildfires, salmon and Douglas ...

Two months ago, Napa County’s Cleary Reserve was a cathedral of green. Oak branches arched over the entry road. Salamanders flickered in the brush, and a century-old lodge stood ready for students. At ...