Sawdust plumes filled the air as Wade Cotten guided a 72-inch chainsaw bar slowly and steadily through a massive 48-inch-wide, 11-foot-long white oak log, slicing off a 2 1/2-inch slab. Working for ...

White oak logs grown in the Ozarks traveled nearly 1,000 miles in the back of a U-Haul to Washington D.C. last week to be used for live basketmaking demonstrations at the annual Smithsonian Folklife ...

White oaks are a cornerstone species in forests of the eastern U.S., providing habitat and food for birds and animals and wood for wide range of products such as flooring and cabinets. Workers take ...

Workers take raw white oak logs and craft them into staves for 53-gallon bourbon barrels at Robinson Stave Mill and East Bernstadt Cooperage in East Bernstadt, Kentucky. The staves are dried in their ...

Apr. 4—When National Park Service Ranger Justin Young saw the stark stump of a poached white oak tree on the slopes of Lookout Mountain last fall, it wasn't the first theft of the species he'd seen.

White oak trees that play a key role in the ecosystem and economy of Kentucky will see a significant decline soon without action to help the species regenerate. That’s the takeaway from a recent ...