To manufacture thousands of airplanes for its World War I allies, the United States would fell acres of spruce.

Artist Elizabeth Palmer of Salem would like to use wood from the Sitka spruce to make tree ring prints, something she does with trees felled by storms or logging.

The name speaks for itself — Sitka Spruce Park on Amaknak Island has dozens of spruce trees, creating a rare forest-like sanctuary. Regional lands are known for their tundra valleys filled with ...

Annual cold snaps have kept some invasive tree pests in check, but outbreaks could become more common with warming ...

The spruce from genus Picea inhabit primary cooler environments at higher elevations. They are a favorite in the landscape as they are extremely beautiful.

With arms that once flexed and reached to the sky, the limbs of the beloved Sitka spruce “muscle tree” at the entrance of ...

A spruce aphid outbreak detected earlier this year around Yachats on the central Oregon coast is prompting ODF to assess the the damage.

The Oregon Department of Forestry is assessing damage done by the spruce aphid along the Oregon Coast after an outbreak in Yachats earlier in 2025.

This is a nine-ply section of Sitka spruce wood used in the nose fairing of the U.S. Navy's Poseidon C-3 submarine-launched ballistic missile, which was deployed from 1971 into the 1990s.

After everyone got over the quirky charm of such a good chef (Matt Dillon) cooking in such an unexpected place (an Eastlake strip mall), Sitka & Spruce’s near-windowless and somewhat claustrophobic ...

Harley Benton has unveiled an all-new acoustic guitar with a solid Sitka spruce top, a pickup/preamp system with 3-band EQ and integrated guitar tuner – and a very cool aesthetic for anyone ...

THE possibility of controlling insect attack in wood by exposure to gamma-radiation has recently been discussed by Bletchly and Fisher 1. Although the practical applications of this method have ...