The creek and wilderness support diverse habitats, and a few pine trees dot the canyon above the bridge, along with coast live oak, manzanita, arroyo willow, elderberry and a healthy understory of ...

The massive tree, dubbed the Mossy Creek Giant, isn’t the world’s tallest — but it was extremely wide, not narrowly tapering toward the top like your average sugar pine, said forester ...

SEQUOIA CREST, Calif. — Skip Rouch patted the base of the copper-hued giant. “Dad’s tree,” he said. “Dad picked it out before he died.” But it wasn’t just Sonny Rouch’s tree in the ...

Your Guide to Hiking and Exploring Pine Creek Gorge Hike a canyon, bike an old rail line, and get way off the grid. By Ashley Primis · 9/26/2020, 9:00 p.m.

The world around Pine Ridge Elementary School is now called “the Black Forest” by many of its students. That forest was mostly large green pine trees before the Creek Fire. The small, rural ...

GRANTS PASS, Ore. — For many years, the Big Pine held court over hikers, hunters, scouts and tree-lovers, standing 259 feet tall, 12 miles up Taylor Creek Road in the Siskiyou National Forest.

Blackened forest trees show how close the Creek Fire came to the Minarets Pack Station, top center, in the Sierra National Forest last year as seen in this drone image on Friday, June 11, 2021.

A beetle pest is endangering pine trees in Pierce County, including an outbreak at Chambers Creek Regional Park. Learn how officials are addressing the threat.