Fir trees across Oregon are dying from an ongoing drought plaguing much of the country. In a recent aerial survey, the U.S. Forest Service observed dead trees in about 1.23 million acres (over ...

“We know this little insect is killing fir trees in other states where it is established,” said Deb McCullough, forest entomology professor at Michigan State University. “We need to limit ...

The grove around the Johnstone Trail is full of dead trees, fallen branches, and dense mounds of dried needles. “Around here, you can walk through a bishop pine forest, and it hasn’t burned ...

a voracious forest pest that killed millions of spruce and fir trees during its last population explosion. JBI Helicopters began spraying tebufenozide over 9,000 acres in far western Maine on ...

Climate Lab is a Seattle Times initiative that explores the effects of climate change in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. The project is funded in part by The Bullitt Foundation, CO2 Foundation ...

She saw dead trees — many ... out in the vast ghost forest of grayish dead pines, some still standing, some littering the ground. He peeled off a strip of bark from a fallen log to reveal ...

Erin Baldwin and her 14-year-old son, Silas, saw a mess when they looked down the street from their Forest Acres home Friday morning. Lying across the road was a huge tree that had fallen ...