Seattle Times reporter Lynda V. Mapes, in an effort to learn more about our forests, overcame her fear and climbed a 200-foot Douglas fir in Oregon.

Read more: Plants You Shouldn't Grow Right Next To Your House A relative of the gooseberry, red-flowering currant (Ribes sanguineum) grows all along the Pacific coast from California to British ...

Are you planning a pilgrimage to visit the tallest trees in the world? The old-growth redwoods on the California coast are ...

We were circling an isolated Douglas fir and cedar stand near Mary's Peak, the highest point in Oregon's Coast Range ... I crunched through dead leaves behind Robert Anthony, a U.S. Geological ...

Individual plants have small thick waxy leaves ... and fir dominated communities that occur at higher elevations in southern California’s mountain areas from 3000 up to 8500 ft. At the lower parts of ...

Douglas County School Forestry Tour, hosted by the Oregon State University Extension Service, was held April 23-25, 2025.

Now, some who were once excited about taking the South Coast Rail are having serious doubts about the reliability of service. The MBTA attributes the cancellations to staff shortages.

Nods to nature appear throughout: In the dining and living room, floor-to-ceiling windows offer a clear view to the site’s ...

Picture: Brendan Radke Port Douglas: Commemorative march begins at Port Douglas Village in Macrossan Street at 10am, followed by march then service at 10.30 at Port Douglas cenotaph. Mossman ...

Detectives in the Pacific Northwest are using new forensics technology to track down timber poachers and save old-growth ...

So, I had two connections on the staff already." For an Ohio-native moving to the West Coast, Douglas says he's adjusting well to the environment while bringing his "Patriot Way" with him.