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A fire is burning one of the world's tallest trees near the Oregon coast

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 tree over 325 feet (99 ...
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One of the World’s Tallest, Oldest Trees Is Ablaze in Oregon

Firefighters have been racing to save the centuries-old “Doerner Fir” since they received reports of on Saturday, August 16. reading time 2 minutes The Doerner Fir, one of the world’s tallest coastal ...
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Doerner Fir tree in Southern Oregon survives fire but loses its record height

The historic tree is alive, but it lost some of the record height that made it the tallest Douglas fir in the world. Volunteer tree climbers Damien Carré with Oregon Tree Care in Oregon City and Logan ...

Oregon's Douglas fir trees in crisis with widespread, 'unprecedented' dieback

Drought and insects have killed an unprecedented number of Oregon’s Douglas fir trees during in southwest Oregon and the ...
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Eastern Oregon’s old-growth trees are dying at ‘alarming’ rates, UO finds

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Older trees in an Eastern Oregon forest are perishing “at an alarming rate,” according to researchers. A new study led by James Johnston, an assistant research professor for ...