It may not be as good as saving the whole tree, but it appears likely the state will try to save at least a part of the beloved Sitka spruce fondly dubbed by locals as the Yaquina Bay Muscle Tree. “I ...

Sir, Pádraic Fogarty’s article (“‘We don’t have a plan’: Invasive species take hold as action lags legislation”, Environment, February 12th), incorrectly describes Sitka spruce as an invasive species.

A study has identified genes involved in development of stone cells -- rigid cells that can block a nibbling insect from eating budding branches of the Sitka spruce evergreen tree. The insect's attack ...

CANNON BEACH - Sitka spruce trees in Cannon Beach could become the city's heritage tree - if they are a "certain size" - and subject to special regulations. City Planner Rainmar Bartl is developing a ...

SEASIDE, Ore. – The nation’s tallest Sitka spruce could be on its last limbs. Last week’s strong winds knocked a section of rotted wood from the trunk of the 204-foot tree southeast of Seaside, and ...

A reader says dense Sitka spruce plantations are being planted where forests were never meant to be in land that cannot hold them 'Sitka spruce has been planted extensively on peatlands, floodplains, ...