The wood-accented room was full. Adults of all ages sat in rows from wall to wall, filling the space from the lit projector screen in front to the ...

Scientists examined how growth rates in the trees changed over 91-year period. As warm, dry conditions continue in the future, fewer Douglas firs expected to grow Growth slowed across species’ range, ...

In 2008, scientist Bryan Black took core samples the diameter of a pencil from a forest near the north Oregon coast. Most of the trees were hemlocks and Douglas fir that had been undisturbed for about ...

“The superlative trees,” Koomjian called them. One of the first of these trees they climbed as a group is the Brummit Fir (aka the Doerner Fir) — a 327-foot giant in Coos County, Oregon. “The Brummit ...

But the real threat to our forests in the High Country west of Denver is not from bugs, but from the public agencies ...

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 over 250 ...

Douglas fir is the most abundant tree species in the Pacific Northwest. It’s Oregon’s official state tree. And it’s arguably the region’s most important timber species. But like true firs, western ...

SEATTLE — A push by activists to save a large Douglas fir from being cut down in Seattle may have convinced a developer to spare the tree and redesign plans to build housing around it. The Douglas fir ...

Bending Old-growth Douglas Fir Wood from 1432! This woodworking bench build features the split-top Roubo Workbench and a modern workbench utilizing ancient timber. In this video, I cover the tapered ...