“Threads of the Tongass” is a series of stories that explore how lives in Southeast Alaska are interwoven with the Tongass ...

Just as the 1980s economic crash resulted in major UK timber exports, the current windblow crisis is pushing logs further ...

Truth is, we don’t know how the Tree of Life will fall, and we don’t know when. It could happen in five years, in 40 years, ...

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

A new state-certified lumber grading program is turning Alaska’s local timber into a legal, reliable building material — and ...

Swan Lake is located in the Tongass National Forest, within the U.S. Forest Service’s Petersburg district in Alaska. At 1,525 ...

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

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.

Either way, it makes an interesting counterpoint to the Sitka spruce. Ovangkol is more on the rosewood side of the tone wood scale. It certainly has a nice deep red-brown colour, which Harley Benton ...

Kilmonivaig Wood, planted in 1975 with Sitka spruce, offers timber ready to harvest now or for future growth (Image: Landfor Chartered Land and Forestry Agency) ...

Anyone driving into Yaquina Bay State Park, in Newport, Oregon, will see a majestic Sitka spruce standing in the middle of the road, overlooking the ocean.

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 ...