BELFAIR — Up a muddy road off Old Belfair Highway, a trail of deep-crusted footprints leads to a garage door-sized stump covered in fresh sawdust. A downed Douglas Fir tree stretches far into the ...
There is a low-key battle with bark beetles underway on the flanks of Aspen Mountain. Colorado State Forest Service workers marched down steep slopes two weeks ago, stapling thousands of pheromone ...
Spring has started with some good weather. Are you out gardening? Do you have questions? For answers, turn to Ask an Expert, an online question-and-answer tool from Oregon State University’s Extension ...
Drought and insects have killed an unprecedented number of Oregon’s Douglas fir trees during the last decade, costing billions in timber value, damaging infrastructure and ramping up wildfire danger.