On a mid-July morning in Corvallis’ Willamette Park, Callie Gunderson’s two-year-old son climbed a maple tree. Gunderson said playing in the park is the best way to encourage him to be adventurous.

Adlai Stevenson defined a hypocritical politician as one who would cut down a redwood tree “and then mount the stump to make a speech for conservation.” In a modern twist on that lament, Boston was ...

On the lathe, the cherry burl revealed stunning swirls, eyes, and patterns hidden beneath its rough exterior. Every cut ...

California’s awe-inspiring, ancient redwood trees are increasingly the target of timber thieves. The practice of burl poaching has increased so significantly that, on March 1, Redwood National and ...

Some materials are synonymous with luxury — marble, lacquer, mohair. Then there’s burl wood, the most characterful of them all, despite its rather unfortunate backstory. Technically a tree’s tumor, it ...

One or more vandals are cutting chunks of sought-after wood from maple trees in Corvallis’ Willamette Park. Officials say the illegal poaching will likely kill the trees. The burls, rounded masses of ...

One thing I love about living in the age of the internet is that old students can keep in touch much more easily than when I was young-via email or social media. Recently a highlight in this kind of ...