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The Douglas fir, the state tree of Oregon, can grow incredibly tall and live impressively long. The oldest Douglas fir trees have lived to be over 1,000 years old. Fox News Media ...
The typical forest in the Pacific Northwest will grow Douglas-firs about 40 years before they’re harvested. Resource Land Manager David Springe checks the root system of a Douglas-fir seedling. His ...
Douglas fir seedlings at the U.S. Forest Service's Dorena Genetic Resource Center in Oregon. These seedlings are part of a research experiment to plant more climate resilient forests.
A member of an Oregon planting crew cuts into the rocky soil in the Shoshone National Forest to plant a Douglas fir seedling in an area burned by the 2008 Gunbarrel fire recently.
“We’re growing some ponderosa pine for Jeffco and some Douglas fir for Jeffco, specifically for the Quarry Fire,” Katelynn Martinez, director of operations at OneCanopy, said.
American Forests Contracted planting crew members plant Douglas fir saplings in the ... “All that funding went toward seedlings costs—we typically plant 360 seedlings per acre and then go back ...