Annual cold snaps have kept some invasive tree pests in check, but outbreaks could become more common with warming ...

The amount of forest with problems is only a small fraction of the overall 22 million acres state officials looked at, but it ...

Parts of the North Cascades and Mount Baker are facing an outbreak of the western spruce budworm, aerial surveys reveal. The ...

The fire mitigation plan suffers from a serious manpower crisis, with 60-80 poorly equipped staff members patrolling up to 40 ...

The fate of this natural wonder rests on sustainable choices, mindful tourism, and a collective vow to protect paradise ...

Fifty years ago, 73,877 acres of the Mission Mountains area were designated as wilderness, defined as, “an area of ...

Dozens of trees on a ridge above I-90 were cut or stripped. King County is now suing a trio of property owners.

Black oil sunflower seeds are a staple of bird feeders around the world, but humans mainly snack on striped seeds. Find out ...

Just as the 1980s economic crash resulted in major UK timber exports, the current windblow crisis is pushing logs further ...

Surveyors mapped approximately 545,000 acres across Washington with some level of tree mortality, tree defoliation, or foliar ...

Swapping her weekly supermarket shop for a micro adventure in the Austrian Alps, Sarah Holt embraces the challenge of a short ...