Conservation groups sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on July 17 for denying Endangered Species Act (ESA) protections ...

The Oregon coast tree famous for the Popeye bump on its upper arm will stick around Yaquina Bay State Recreation Site after all. After about four hours of work Monday morning, contractors were ...

Wildfires have long been known to burn large swaths of forests, wreaking havoc on tree canopies and communities that the forests surround, but a new study from Oregon State University says there ...

Christmas tree permits are available for purchase online at recreation.gov (with an added $2.50 processing fee charged by the website) and at local U.S. Forest Service offices or from local vendors.

In the late 1970s, the Forest Service recognized the need for establishing national tree climbing standards. Given Oregon’s rich tradition in forestry work, it seemed like a natural home base.

A Sitka spruce near Yachats, Ore., damaged by spruce aphid in 2025. Photo courtesy of the Oregon Department of Forestry “The last time we saw it this extensively was in 2019, where we had about ...

Holiday Tree Farms lies in Oregon and is labeled by many as the largest producer of Christmas trees in the world. The farm was founded in 1955 and harvests more than 1 million trees annually.