The Lewiston Tribune

Hotter, drier PNW summers are killing native trees

The hot, dry summers Clark County and much of the Pacific Northwest have experienced in recent years are harming some native ...

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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PHOTOS: Trees slashed as thousands of lightning strikes hit Central Oregon

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — They say lightning never strikes in the same place twice, but it struck thousands of times Monday night in Central Oregon. Oregon Department of Forestry officials counted ...
NBC Los Angeles

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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Ancient trees are dying faster than expected in Eastern Oregon

Eastern Oregon's Malheur National Forest boasts some of the state's oldest trees, including pine and larch that live more than 500 years. But many of those ancient trees are dying at an alarming rate, ...
KOIN 6

Lightning ruled out as cause of ancient Oregon tree catching fire

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Lightning did not cause the historic Doerner Fir Tree Fire, officials say. Bureau of Land Management investigators said the cause of the fire has yet to be determined, but they ...