The house features exposed Douglas Fir beams, reclaimed brick walls, wood paneling, and cork and Mercer Tile floors.

Forest protectors are defending mature forests from logging after dam removal and restoration on the Elwha River.

Oregon’s ubiquitous Douglas-fir tree is safe from this insect, since it is not a true fir. Douglas-fir trees have their own genus, called Pseudotsuga.

Property manager James Bailey looks at a dead Douglas fir among several dead western red cedars at Magness Memorial Tree Farm in Sherwood, Ore., Oct. 11, 2023.

The protest, near Olympic National Park in Washington state, is part of a growing movement aimed at saving decades-old trees that aren’t considered old-growth.

They also outlast Douglas fir trees that can live more than 500 years in the Catalina Mountains north of Tucson.

In less than a month he’ll be floating the Missouri River in a hand-made canoe built from a Douglas fir tree. Elpel won’t stop until he reaches St. Louis. That’s 2,300 river miles. He ...

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