Each blade starts with edge-grained Sitka spruce boards that are carefully planed to some top-secret exact thickness. Several boards are glued together on their long edges and dried to about 7% ...

A Sitka spruce from the Tongass National Forest was harvested this weekend and is on its way to become the nation's Capitol ...

Trees have many interesting features and uses ... State Park (pictured above), the exact location of this stately sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) remains a secret, a courtesy afforded by foresters ...

Members of the Friends of Sooke Parks Society had opposed the rezoning, saying it was the only green space in the immediate ...

Caption: A privately-owned plot of green space in Sooke, B.C., could be rezoned to make way for a mental health and wellness centre — which some nearby residents oppose. It is unofficially called ...

In northern England, smaller plots are available, with four acres in Yorkshire on sale for £36,000 ... Once established, Sitka spruce grows at about 6% a year. These trees are also less ...

under the right conditions it can attack healthy trees. Recent findings in England have also shown the pest on Sitka spruce trees in the UK for the first time. Deputy First Minister with ...

Sitka is far behind state and national averages for the availability of childcare, and it’s creating a crisis of unintended ...

Welsh landowners, foresters and farmers are being urged to be vigilant for signs of Ips typographus. Also, known as the eight ...

What are the differences between cab types? A regular cab only has one row of seats and limited interior storage, while an extended cab has two rows of seats and also comes with small secondary ...

When is the next Steam sale? It feels like one Steam sale has just ended when the next one begins, but with some events offering better discounts than others and genre-specific sales to look out ...