Most uses for Douglas-fir today capitalize on the wood’s high strength, yet the beauty of this wood makes it favored for millwork, furniture, cabinets and flooring.

Native to western North America and prolific in the Pacific Northwest, the Douglas-fir has more than earned its title as Oregon's state tree. One of the tallest trees in the world, second only to the ...

Douglas firs, hemlocks and ponderosa pines are fundamental parts of Oregon’s natural forests. In fact, there are people working across the state to breed better versions of those trees to be more ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Crews are working to save nearly 500-year-old tree that caught fire in Oregon’s Coast Range Mountains. The fire was first reported Aug. 16, a Coos Forest Protective Association ...

Redwood National and State Parks plans to conduct a series of prescribed burns this fall in the prairies and oak woodlands of ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Authorities in Oregon are trying to extinguish a fire that is burning in one of the world's tallest trees near the state's southern coast. The Doerner Fir, a coastal Douglas Fir ...

I like to kick off my dinner parties with a celebratory elixir. Before tucking into any food or wine, I serve my guests shot glasses filled with a luminous green spirit. It’s really more chartreuse in ...

A new showdown is looming Tuesday night around the potential removal of a large tree in Seattle. A huge Douglas Fir on Northeast 90th in Maple Leaf could be cut down as soon as Thursday. That’s when ...