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

The iconic Sitka spruce at Yaquina Bay Recreation Site will remain standing as a 20-foot snag with its distinctive feature ...

The Oregon Department of Forestry is assessing damage done by the spruce aphid along the Oregon Coast after an outbreak in Yachats earlier in 2025.

SALEM, Ore. (KATU) — A spruce aphid outbreak detected earlier this year around Yachats on the central Oregon coast is prompting the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) to assess the spread of ...

With arms that once flexed and reached to the sky, the limbs of the beloved Sitka spruce “muscle tree” at the entrance of ...

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Twenty years after Casey and Laura Roloff became the first residents of Seabrook on the Washington coast, the founders share how the town has grown and could inspire others.

Short Sand Beach is that kind of place. The locals call it “Shorty’s” – which sounds like the name of a dive bar where you’d get questionable tacos, but is actually one of the most spectacular hidden ...