The widespread destruction of old growth trees for ranching and farming is making it harder to get the wood traditionally used to make guitars, including mahogany and Brazilian rosewood.

As climate change and pests put increasing pressure on forests, the right forest management practices are emerging as key to preserving biodiversity. A recent study published in Forest Ecosystems ...

Highly valued economically, ecologically and culturally, the white oak (Quercus alba) is a keystone forest species and is one ...

I have been shocked, while driving around the Island recently, to see scarred landscapes, large parcels that have been totally cleared of trees for one purpose or another. Reading that clear-cutting ...

Hymenosporum flavum commonly known as Sweetshade tree is covered with flowers from Spring to early Summer. (All photos from ...

Sears and his rescue partner Tom Otto are both arborists. They rescue cats across Washington state but mostly in Western Washington. Sears says the highest tree they’ve rescued from was 185 feet tall.

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The South Sound Group of the Sierra Club of Washington State is hosting this presentation by Lynn Fitz-Hugh, executive director of the Friends of Trees Action group of Restoring Earth Connection, and ...

Botanists have found a stand of rare trees in Tanzania’s Zanzibar archipelago not known to grow wild anywhere else in Africa.

Washington is known as The Evergreen State, a nickname coined by a newspaper editor in 1890 in honor of the region’s vast forests and their connection to our culture and economy. Yet as we celebrate t ...

There’s a plan to bring new trails to the popular Pierce County park this year. The park district wants input from residents.

Salal also appears in bouquets in the U.S. during holidays and other special occasions, like weddings. While many products ...