Some of the area’s old-growth forests are currently preserved in the Mount Washington, Menagerie, Mount Jefferson, and Middle Santiam Wildernesses within the Douglas Fir National Monument proposal.

McGowan Creek: old-growth Douglas fir trees along loop trail. Photo by William Sullivan. Quick, what’s the closest old-growth forest to Eugene? The Delta Old-Growth Grove on the McKenzie River? Nope — ...

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Register to become a blood donor. FILE - Old growth Douglas fir trees stand along the Salmon river Trail on the Mt. Hood National Forest outside Zigzag, Ore. A federal judge has found that a Trump ...

Forests cover about 80% of Yellowstone — the world’s first national park, which is located across sections of Wyoming, Montana and Idaho. Douglas fir is abundant, particularly in the northern region ...

The Douglas fir isn’t an old growth tree, according to DNR, because it doesn’t predate 1850. Still, DNR staff excluded it from the timber harvest because it is located in a riparian zone buffer.

FILE – Old growth Douglas fir trees stand along the Salmon river Trail on the Mt. Hood National Forest outside Zigzag, Ore. A federal judge has found that a Trump-era rule change that allowed ...

The Biden administration is moving to conserve old-growth forests on national forests and limit logging as climate change amplifies the threats they face from wildfires, insects and disease.

“Unfortunately, we recently had a developer purchase the property behind us; it’s about 3.5 acres of old-growth Douglas fir forest, which is now being chopped down,” said Macedo.

FILE - Old growth Douglas fir trees stand along the Salmon river Trail on the Mt. Hood National Forest outside Zigzag, Ore. A federal judge has found that a Trump-era rule change that allowed for ...