PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Older trees in an Eastern Oregon forest are perishing “at an alarming rate,” according to researchers. A new study led by James Johnston, an assistant research professor for ...

Eastern Oregon's Malheur National Forest boasts some of the state's oldest trees, including pine and larch that live more than 500 years. But many of those ancient trees are dying at an alarming rate, ...

Sick and healthy ponderosa pines stand in the Malheur National Forest. A recent study found trees hundreds of years old in the Blue Mountains were dying at a high rate. (James Johnston/University of ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. – A satellite imagery analysis shows that the 2021 “heat dome” scorched almost 5% of the forested area in western Oregon and western Washington, turning foliage in canopies from a ...

Environmental groups in Southern Oregon got a win in court this week in a lawsuit over old-growth forests. A number of conservation groups sued the federal Bureau of Land Management two years ago over ...

Eastern Oregon’s Malheur National Forest boasts some of the state’s oldest trees, including pine and larch that live more than 500 years. But many of those ancient trees are dying at an alarming rate, ...