Less water and moisture mean that fir trees become more vulnerable to attacks by pests that bore into their bark to lay eggs ...

Abies fraseri, or Fraser fir, is an endangered species in the wild, but it's also farmed for Christmas trees. Learn more about the tree and its care.

About 70 percent of all trees harvested in Oregon and Washington - nearly 4.7 billion board feet (26.6 million cubic meters) - are Douglas fir.

An aerial survey conducted this past summer by the U.S. Forest Service and the Oregon Department of Forestry found more than 1 million acres with dead or dying fir trees in Oregon, the largest ...

The Balsam fir tends to be the most fragrant, one of the reasons it’s among the most popular Christmas tree choices. If you pick one, make sure to check the water often, as they tend to dry out ...

Flying over Oregon's woodlands, tree health specialist Danny DePinte was stunned by what he saw: a stretch of dead fir that seemed to go on and on. "As we continued to fly along, it just kept ...