The Mill Creek Community Association is knocking down all trees within a fifty-foot radius of any tree infected with laminated root rot. Many are sky-high Douglas Firs that have been there for decades ...

SPOKANE, Wash. — A new study has warned that a fungus that devours the roots of Douglas fir trees in the Northwest could become a bigger killer as the climate changes. Laminated root rot occurs from ...

A fungus that devours the roots of Douglas fir trees costs the timber industry millions of dollars each year, and it’s likely to become a bigger killer as the climate changes, a new study says.

Foresters are looking to hone their management of Douglas fir trees in the wake of a new state report that says a changing climate likely will worsen the spread of a root-devouring fungus. A special ...

Grandview Forest Park in Gig Harbor is currently closed because of an outbreak of laminated root rot affecting Douglas firs. LEE GILES III Peninsula Gateway A city park adjoining Gig Harbor City Hall ...

The hazard created by trees infected with root rot has triggered the closing of the popular Herman Creek Campground and Horse Camp in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area. The recreation site ...

The Ochoco National Forest said Tuesday it has extended a one-year public safety closure around 40 acres of forest near Walton Lake infected with a tree disease that weakens the roots and can cause ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- The American Forest Resource Council and Crook County on Wednesday applauded the Ochoco National Forest’s decision to move forward once again with the Walton Lake Restoration ...

In this 2017 photo, Brent Oblinger, a plant pathologist with the U.S. Forest Service, examines a section of root he dug up from the base of a grand fir tree near Walton Lake that shows signs of ...