| 单词 | fir |
| 例句 | Then I saw that the fir forest had been bent over by the wind and I thought of a hurricane. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Just once let’s tell it: how you got to the lake and built a house of fir boughs.’ East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z There was a white cloth in the center with hay and fir boughs in front of each person. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z “Let’s really light up this Christmas,” Dad said and thrust the lighter into the Douglas fir. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z She admired a Douglas fir’s complicated bark, followed its grooves to the canopy of branches two hundred feet above. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Ishmael pushed two slabs of fir heartwood into the fire in the cook stove. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z They swooped and flew around a big fir tree, diving at something in the branches. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z She selected a tall, dark, but slightly dried-out Douglas fir. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The crisp pine scent of a fir tree. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The loggers had had their pick of the virgin timber still growing along that section of the Dungeness— towering Douglas firs and massive western red cedars. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z It's nothing like Gramps's firs, but it's perfect in its own way. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Islands rose out of the steel harbor waters with sheer cliff sides, reaching to uneven summits, and crowned with austere, soaring firs. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z He looked round him, at the dark fir trees on the hills surrounding the lake, and at his mother and Mr Hooper, only paying attention to each other, now. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z There were stones by the barn path and a big gray stone near the fir tree. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Outside the wood, the field was still bright with evening sunshine, but among the firs the light was dusky and here the bats were coming and going thickly. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The trees agreed, each after its kind, oak and ash, pine and beech, birch and fir, that their wood could never be used to hurt Balder. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z When they left the dungeons at the end of Potions, they found a large fir tree blocking the corridor ahead. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Out of the four large windows facing the water she can see the sine curve of the coastline, the serrated firs in the distance, the glittery amethyst sea. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Like Dumbledore wanted you in the tournament in the firs’ place. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The elms and chestnuts are long gone, the stately hemlocks and flowery dogwoods are going, and the red spruces, Fraser firs, mountain ashes, and sugar maples may be about to follow. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Hazel sat hunched under the firs, worrying dismally. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yeh know wha’, Harry?” he said, looking up from the photograph of his father, his eyes very bright, “when I firs’ met you, you reminded me o’ me a bit. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The apartment was warm, the air rouged with cinnamon and fir. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “So,” David said, “who wants to volunteer for the fir—” Magdalys’s hand shot up. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I found her grave right in the furthermost corner, almost hidden under a line of firs. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I would heat my coffee and sit comfortably on my back step and contemplate wood and water and the quick-rising mountains with crowns of conifers and the fir trees high up, dusted with snow. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z A fence surrounded the top layer, from which grew fir trees made of green gelatin. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z It was like they sat alone on Douglas firs. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z There were chestnut trees, walnut trees, lime, mulberry, fir, and a fine old beech tree. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z In surveying the forests from the air, vast blighted areas could be seen where the magnificent Douglas firs were turning brown and dropping their needles. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “Just a few trees, hidden by taller firs. Do you know it?” Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z At the end of the road we came to an isolated, whitewashed one-story cottage set behind a concrete wall and shaded by tall fir trees. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z At nightfall tribes in the Rocky Mountains entertained the explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark by applying torches to sap-dripping fir trees, which then exploded like Roman candles. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Occasionally he walks me home through the woods, stopping to kiss me near a copse of fir trees just before Madoc’s estate. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z They went through chilly forests of spruce and fir, and scrambled over rock faces. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Zane watched as the brown tip-top of the fir tree bobbed ever closer. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Dogwood, elms, hemlocks, balsam firs, and red spruces still thrived. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z It was a sweet fir that cut easily, and Joseph and I each took a side, and we carried it back home and put it up in the front room. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z Zane kept his eyes on one of the trees in the distance, a fir. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z It was a misty, gray lake, wide and ringed with firs, its calm surface smooth as slate. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z In the time it took my eyes to focus, he was twenty feet away, standing at the edge of the small meadow, in the deep shade of a huge fir tree. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z When sleighs appeared on front lawns and fake snow on Douglas firs, Baba stayed home and I drove the VW bus alone up and down the peninsula. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I lean my head against the car window, watching the scenery zip by, a tableau of dark green fir trees dotted with snow, wispy strands of white fog, and heavy gray storm clouds up above. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The three of them leaped through dark forests of fir and spruce. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z “She say she takin her bird to the veterinarian firs, she think it losin some of its feather.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Massive Douglas firs and cedars grew in the misty hills outside town. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Today the altar was lovely with banked scarlet poinsettias and fir boughs with the golden points of lighted slender white candles gleaming among the leaves. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z There is one zone, high up in the shadows, that is cool enough to allow the growth of fir trees usually found only much farther north. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He flapped clumsily down among the firs, silencing the bats. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Uncomfortably, I thought of the Bacchae: hooves and bloody ribs, scraps dangling from the fir trees. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z So I stayed where I was and watched the fir tree and Ms. Griegson. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z A lane snaking to Marl Bank and Castlemorton, fields, more fields, a glimpse of an old gray turret rising above the firs. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z A wind had come up during the night, and it moaned in the tops of the fir trees behind the house. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Denna would bathe on the other side of the nearby fir tree, out of sight on a sandy bit of shore. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Forest giants like hemlock, Douglas fir, and Sitka spruce waited in the wings. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z There are old, broad fir trunks with knobby twists in their bark. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Snow-covered fir trees grow straight up out of the floor and huge ice sculptures of dancing penguins and laughing polar bears fill up the spaces between the candlelit tables. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z She hangs around with the older girls, up on the hill under the stunted fir trees. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The banks of fir trees below almost look black. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The forester now led him to his hut and made a couch for him, with tips of fir piled for a mattress under a wild goat skin, shaggy and thick, his own bed covering. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z A crow swooped down over it, but Ms. Griegson waved it away, and it went back up in the fir with the other crows. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z Only the streets aren’t covered in snow, and the trees here are palms, not fir or pine. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z He sees tall ranks of firs swaying in a storm, hears their heartwood groan. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Behind them stood low crumbling cliffs, and chimneys of grey weathered stone dark with ivy; and beyond these again there rose high ridges crowned with wind-writhen firs. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Although her parachute had tangled in a fir tree as it came down, she had managed to cut herself free and made it to the ground. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Mixed with the resinous scent of the firs there came another smell, strong and fragrant, yet sharp—the perfume of flowers, but of some kind unknown to Hazel. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The riverbed wound its way through high-standing firs and tattered alders, but after a little time the embankment fell away and a sparse forest became their only cover. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z The boughs in the fir trees hung heavy with it, the fence rails and mailboxes wore mantles of it, the road before him lay filled with it, and there was no sign, anywhere, of people. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z They tottered over the pasture to the woodland beyond and lay completely exhausted on flat, bare ground under fir trees. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Green- boughed firs stretched away in endless, disordered rows, each direction a mirror of the others. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z He did see, at George Freeman’s place, a Douglas fir that had toppled over so that its root wad now stood twelve feet high beside George’s mailbox. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Hatsue went inland to where the cedars gave way to firs hung with lichen and moss. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Ms. Griegson’s orange pickup was parked on the old dirt road at the base of the fir tree. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z A hundred yards away was a tall snag, the dead stalk of a Douglas fir, standing over the meadow like a sentinel. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z On one side of the main lobby, Mr. Vendleri had put up a huge fir tree and wound it with silver garlands. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z It looked like a blurry part of the ground, like a puff of fir needles and leaves and grass blades. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z Nimbly they ran to push the fir pole high and step it firm amidships in the box, make fast the forestays, and hoist aloft the white sail on its halyards. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z On the University of Washington campus, the glass skylights at the basketball pavilion caved in, giant Douglas firs toppled over, and five sections of temporary seating in the football stadium blew away. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “Got this outta the library — Dragon Breeding fir Pleasure and Profit — it’s a bit outta date, o’ course, but it’s all in here. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z There was no answer in any of it—not in the boats lying on their sides, not in the white fir defeated by the snow or in the downed branches of the cedars. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Little prickly firs grow out of every crevice and yellow vines with thorns wrapping themselves around the firs’ trunks and you can see and hear yellow razor lizards hissing at us as we pass. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z The crevice burst open into a forest of scrub pine and fir. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I looked out over the rolling hills, gold with autumn leaves and wheat fields, green with pasture and stands of pine and fir. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Nothing beats the smell of fresh-cut pine, it says, and below the sentence are photographs of three types of fir trees: Douglas, noble, and grand. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Farther up the bay, on the dead-water east arm known as Little House Cove, the Westinghouse family had built a Newport-style mansion on thirty acres of Douglas fir trees. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z On a shelf I find a book of landscapes filled with illustrations of every stinking tree that grows: sycamore, linden, aspen, willow, fir, tulip poplar, chestnut, elm, spruce, pine. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Drive higher still, through a white fir and ponderosa pine forest, to find the Sequoia High Sierra Camp perched at 8,200 feet within Giant Sequoia National Monument in the Sequoia National Forest. Glamping Adds a Touch of Luxe to the National Parks 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z Though not the Douglas firs that Dale Cooper famously obsessed over, the variety of elm, oak, and maple trees of Upstate New York certainly evokes those iconic shots of wind-tussled branches that dominated “Twin Peaks.” Hazel’s brutal murder was all but forgotten. Until she inspired ‘Twin Peaks.’ 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z A descent takes me through a forest of spruce, pine and fir, around banks and over minor creeks as planes of sunlight layer through the canopy. An adrenaline-starved adventure traveler looks back at five close calls 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z A restrained palette — of white, orange and Douglas fir panels stained a burnt sienna — balances the sculptural gymnastics. The Best Architecture in New York of 2016 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z These miniature buildings are mostly executed in simple materials — white plaster and Douglas fir — with boxy geometry to match. A low-key Facebook building? In Gehry's hands, Zuckerberg has it both ways 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z The mile-long Panorama Trail winds through tall firs and cedars to a dramatic viewing platform cantilevered off a cliff with a 360-degree view. Riding high on the Sea to Sky Gondola 2015-04-19T04:00:00Z Its last major overhaul was in 2007, though the drone snowflakes and the psychedelic projections, like the opening design, which bedecked the ceiling in fir boughs and exploding honeycombs, are more recent additions. Big Critic, Little Critic? Me, My Daughter and the Rockettes 2017-12-25T05:00:00Z There were no matches or flames, but there were lanterns, chirping crickets, fir trees swirled with haze and, at one point, a zombie attack. At 20, an Upstate Arts Haven Keeps Breaking New Ground 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z On a pleasant Tuesday morning, she and I stopped at an open patch of grass, on a hill, backed by a copse of firs. A nice place to rest 2012-10-07T20:00:00Z The 2 1/2 -hour drive is a picturesque trek past stands of firs and birch trees clutching the steep mountainsides, which loom above like white-capped granite tidal waves. ‘America’s oldest ski shop’ is a New Hampshire landmark 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z Western hemlock, red cedar, Douglas fir and Sitka spruce. My Vancouver: An Ever-Unfolding Story 2017-04-01T04:00:00Z Set 15 to 20 feet in the air, you’ll sleep amid the Douglas firs in a contemporary structure inspired by childhood memories of outdoor play. 5 cozy cabin getaways to get you in the mood for fall 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z Over the four days, travelers will canoe and hike the birch-lined shores of Flagstaff Lake in western Maine and continue by canoe down the Dead River amid forests of fir, maple and oak. Tour News: Rugby in England, Fall Photography in Maine 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z The disquiet evaporates in the thin mountain air as soon as I see Betty Bear, a chalet of burly, polished pine nestled in a grove of Douglas firs and blue spruces. In Colorado, three generations achieve a peaceful family vacation at high elevation 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z The strongest entries, “The Melted Chair” and “The Visitor,” are carved in fir, however. Chris Engman’s photographic illusions dazzle 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z By flashlight I was shown the footpath to my treehouse which proved to be a luxurious den high up in a Douglas fir. In search of the funkiest little town in America 2016-11-05T04:00:00Z Speaking on behalf of the national trade association for the Christmas tree industry, Hundley explained why real trees are the most environmentally-friendly festive firs. Christmas trees: When and how should you throw them out? 2020-12-27T05:00:00Z As a photographer, Mr. Namkung had an instinctive eye for the insistent shapes in nature: a sandbar’s ripples, a fir forest’s verticals, a grass field’s breeze-combed swirls. Fine-art photographer Johsel Namkung dies 2013-07-27T22:29:36Z Getting closer, I saw a patchwork of golden wheat fields and miles of green alfalfa, and sagebrush, thickets of pine and fir, cattle herds and iron Daisy windmills. Exploring Tule Lake, an Austere Land With a Complex History 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z And there we would be amid the firs and the ferns at a total deadlock. The U.S. Issue: Personal Journeys: Hiking With a Child (and Tricks) in Tow 2011-05-13T20:13:21Z West Ridge is striped with gunbarrel chutes like High Somewhere, where we had to shimmy past cork-bark firs and over rocks before emerging safely at the bottom. Mix of New and Old Enlivens Taos Ski Valley 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z I’m based in the Mt Scott-Arleta district, as typical a Portland neighbourhood as you can find, centred on Mt Scott Park, with its tall evergreen douglas firs. A local’s guide to Portland, Oregon: 10 top tips 2019-05-28T04:00:00Z Placed among a neat row of fresh-cut evergreen trees, an eight-foot Fraser fir with a thick coat of needles stands like a handsome sentinel in a crowd of green. The journey from seed to harvested Christmas tree is a long, winding road 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z Families make or buy an “Adventkranz,” or Advent wreath, usually made of fir or spruce. Celebrating ‘Silent Night’ and Christmas in Austria 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z The original bungalow — the chalet sits on its foundation, uses its fir floors — faced the alley. Want to see an urban chalet? We got one right here 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z Monday to load pine and fir trees onto trucks, which are slated to transport the trees to families at the Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina, Fox 17 reported. Michigan farm donates nearly 600 Christmas trees to military families 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z Guests sit in comfortable chairs at one of three glossy fir trestle tables big enough for 12. Belle Clementine: surprise menu, dinner-party atmosphere, locally sourced food 2012-07-19T20:03:09Z “Lahore” is based on a text by Heinrich Heine that imagines a snow-covered fir dreaming of a palm tree “grieving” in the heat. Review: A Rising French Singer Makes a Delicately Brilliant Debut 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z To the president’s credit, it was no ordinary horse; it was a Clydesdale, and it had just pulled a carriage containing a 20-foot-tall Fraser fir to the North Portico, the iconic entrance facing Pennsylvania Avenue. Bask in the absurdity of this 2018 #MAGA gift guide 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z A spectral mist glides among towering Douglas firs, stands of hardwoods and deep ravines. 'Wildwood Chronicles' conjures a Portland fantasy 2014-03-26T13:22:10Z But below, in the official rooms of the residence, two fresh, cut trees are already in full regalia, the larger a towering 15-foot fir softening the gridded fenestration of Oswald Ungers’s magnificent contemporary architecture. A trendy Tannenbaum: German ambassador’s residence blends Old World traditions with modern digs 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z First would come the gold-painted fir cones that my mother made during the war, and drilled for wires in the factory where she was supposed to be turning out machine-gun parts. Inventing the Christmas Tree by Bernd Brunner – review 2012-12-14T08:00:01Z A 76-seat restaurant called Stir, to be run by Starr Catering, which came up with the restaurant’s name, will be warmly wood-paneled in Douglas fir, with a ceiling that undulates, Gehry-style. Stir, in Philadelphia Museum of Art, Prepares for October Opening 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z A ghostly Mount Rainier looks down on layers of magenta clouds that bathe the volcano’s lower slopes, a purple tree-line of Douglas firs at the edge of a field, and then the lantern-lit field itself. Review: Landscapes that escape boundaries are at 2 Seattle galleries 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z Someone stole a citrus-scented fir tree from Wade Gardens, a garden center and landscaping business in Mansfield, Ohio, the Mansfield New Journal reported. Grinch steals citrus-scented fir tree from Ohio landscaper 2020-12-02T05:00:00Z I chastized my colleagues, calling their pre-lit, remote-controlled trees tacky and shuddering in horror at the stories of how some consumers slipped tree-shaped pine car air fresheners in the depths of their fake firs. I used to shame people for buying fake Christmas trees. Now I have one. 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z This was Goldstream Provincial Park, more than 900 acres of Douglas fir, cedar, hemlock and other trees; through it all runs a river where salmon spawn each fall. Vancouver Island, Through an Artist’s Eyes 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z Decked out for the holidays, the conservatory in the resort’s lobby features a 42-foot-tall fir tree sparkling with thousands of lights, a polar bear display, a sleigh and a Swiss chalet. In Las Vegas, the desert transforms into a winter wonderland 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z I can’t believe her publisher let her commit libel against that department store with the cookie recipe overcharge urban legend that’s been floating around fir over a hundred years. The Simple Lemon Cake That Helped Create a Legend 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z The tall fir trees lining the trail were still bundled in fog. When the Light, Shadow and Stars Aligned: Standing Where Ansel Adams Stood 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z Straight-grained, stable and harder than some so-called hardwoods even though it is technically a softwood, old-growth Douglas fir is found in the floor and trim of many Victorian houses and those built in later decades. Dealing with gunk in the gaps in old hardwood floors 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z Photograph: Sarah Lee/Sarah Lee for the Guardian Under the glare of huge floodlights, the fir trees appear to be dead. Ray Winstone: cinema's hard man plays Alzheimer's patient 2013-01-15T19:00:02Z The thousands of firs and spruces make it feel like a little bit of Switzerland has been uprooted to Yorkshire. Five Reasons to Visit the North York Moors 2010-06-17T09:25:00Z A good turnaround point is the huge Douglas fir tree about two miles in. Mount Baker offers many winter wanders beyond the ski area 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z Seventeen high-ceilinged, eco-friendly cabins line the shore and dot a grassy hillside among big Doug firs, along with three suites atop the resort office and coffee shop. Worth the trip: Spy San Juan whales and sample what’s new 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z I swept over the bump of threshold that leads to the hallway, digging out the fir needles stuck in the cracks. My anger and the mighty broom 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z A Fraser fir, with its symmetrical shape, coordinates nicely with this room’s classic architecture. Our Favorite Christmas Trees 2010-12-06T16:06:00Z Sleep at one of 37 sites beneath an old-growth forest of spruce, fir, and hemlock on this rugged section of Oregon coastline. These Are America's Prettiest Beach Campsites 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z She bleached Douglas fir for the floors throughout. Kitchens by the AD 100 2010-04-01T00:00:00Z “The oils produced by fir trees can be irritating to a pet's mouth and stomach, causing excessive vomiting or drooling,” the site notes. Are Christmas trees safe for dogs and cats? What to know about the potentially hazardous holiday staple 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z After seeing the pictures you sent, he said he’s pretty sure the wood is Douglas fir, a wood he knows well. Dealing with gunk in the gaps in old hardwood floors 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z He shoved off and disappeared into the firs with the grace of a young athlete. Canyons Ski Resort, Park City, Utah 2011-12-09T19:25:27Z Great blue herons nest in the towering firs and peacocks strut; relax and listen to birds fussing and fountains gurgling. 36 Hours in Victoria, British Columbia 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z Gingerbread, fir or burning wood: Can a scented candle capture the essence of Christmas? The galley kitchen is hot: The increasing appeal of smaller cooking spaces 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z The season was nearly over for young fir tips, so we had to touch-test a lot of tops. In Sweden, a DIY dining adventure 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z Take the lift to 7,300 feet and wait for the stars to emerge above while carving through the fir trees back to the valley. What to Do in Lake Tahoe 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z Most of the interior walls are not full height, so the flowing fir ceiling appears to float above the rooms. In Lambertville, N.J., a Modern Classic for Sale 2010-10-21T22:40:00Z Somewhere around the midway point, the oak and maple trees turned to the spruces and firs of the north woods. Overnighter: A Midwest Beer Tour to Cure Winter Blues 2011-02-04T19:55:00Z Walls and ceilings are soft white; large, stained fir beams and lantern lights offer the conviviality of an old tavern. New pool house is an elegant Norman conquest 2014-05-21T04:00:00Z One tall, narrow effort, made of century-old Douglas fir, looked like a Charles Mackintosh dining chair on steroids. Possessed: Salvaged Industrial Wood Becomes Art 2011-10-07T18:25:24Z The largest tree inside the Biltmore House is a fresh 35-foot Fraser fir in the Banquet Hall, but there are many others. Seven ways to elevate your holiday decorating, according to the pros at Biltmore 2020-12-08T05:00:00Z As you descend from the pass, the Douglas firs recede, replaced by Ponderosa pines, then juniper, then sage; the ground, once loamy, is cindery and dry; the air smells different, rarefied, sharper. When my daughter was diagnosed 2014-02-12T00:00:00Z The billowing cloud of spray contrasts dramatically with the regimented firs below and the even more tidily arrayed parking lots at the base of the cliff. Take a plunge with Seattle photographer Peter de Lory in 'The Falls' at Lisa Harris Gallery 2011-01-20T22:26:09Z She grinds and melts a mixture of pigment, fir tree sap and wax from her beehives. Artists works show how their gardens grow: The seeds of creativity 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z Captivated by a sweeping view of the town far below, cradled by slopes of spruces, firs and aspens, I stumbled, the kind of minor wobble that might happen while walking down a sidewalk. Between a rock and a high place: Facing down a 300-foot drop in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z Named for a Native American legend, Marys Peak is home to one of the last pockets of pure, old-growth noble fir, along with some magnificent Douglas firs. Top 10 national and state parks in Oregon 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z The air carries the wholesome scent of fresh fir trees and the leaves are on the verge of turning autumnal. Indigenous culture, busy beavers and poutine: exploring Quebec in fall 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z The fir tree outside my window, the canny look in a crow’s eye as it peered inside at me. Let us all praise loneliness 2019-07-27T04:00:00Z We rise up through spruce and fir towards West Wind Pass. The ultimate hike: three tasters of Canada’s Great Trail 2017-07-15T04:00:00Z When you’re 10, there is still an outside chance that you might find Narnia behind the wardrobe, that the fur coats could turn into fir trees. David Mitchell: By the Book 2012-10-20T09:00:06Z Steep slopes were thick with impossibly vertical Douglas firs, their feathery branches interwoven in a bonanza of dark green, draped in silvery lichen. Airstream trailer stays add retro glam to a road trip down the Pacific Coast 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z Cliffs, high peaks, streams, fir trees and terraced fields dominate the landscape — bringing to mind a kind of Tibetan Rivendell. Thinking of visiting Tibet? Amdo is one of the best places for first-timers. 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z But not in the interior of a Dodge Caliber doing the speed limit on Grenfell Drive, a highway lined by fir trees, the odd birch and an almost ridiculous number of moose. T Magazine: Fly Zone 2011-03-21T14:00:14Z These are “sky islands,” isolated mountain formations separated by seas of desert that are uniquely biodiverse, offering habitats from scrub and grasslands to pine and fir forests as they rise. A Birding Adventure in Arizona’s ‘Sky Islands’ 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z To their surprise, there was indeed a small marsupial nestled among the baubles in the faux fir. Australian family finds koala hiding in Christmas tree 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z According to O’Connor, the more budget-minded shopper might want to opt for pine instead of fir. How to pick a Christmas tree, whether it’s real or artificial 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z Since 2007, the tree has gotten greener, with solar panels powering many of the fir’s lights, Mental Floss reports. Rockefeller Christmas Tree: 12 things you never knew 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z An iconic harbinger of the yuletide season, the festive fir has quite the storied history. Rockefeller Christmas Tree: 12 things you never knew 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z Dramatic cliffs rise up above one side of town into a cluster of jagged rock, and hillsides of fir trees tuck themselves into the gorges. Thinking of visiting Tibet? Amdo is one of the best places for first-timers. 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z Soon after arriving in the Big Apple, the famous fir caught the eye of social media influencer Rex Chapman, who deadpanned that that it didn’t quite look ready for its close-up. Twitter users troll Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, liken it to 'Charlie Brown' 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z At Stratton Mountain, groves of red spruce and balsam fir seemed to wheeze under the weight of so much snow. ‘Snow Snow Snow’ at Jay Peak, Stowe and Stratton in Vermont 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z Our tour guide, Charles, led us up a path through a forest of large western red cedars, Douglas firs and western hemlocks. Treehouses, lookout towers and other unusual places to stay in Washington 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z Church even created a garden under a "wolf tree," a multibranched Douglas fir so named because it's a "lone wolf," unsuitable for cutting. 'Lakewold' book opens door to a magnificent garden 2011-07-29T21:05:05Z Here the nonprofit Ancient Forest Alliance, has recently completed a boardwalk and stairs that lead to ancient Douglas firs and red cedars. Vancouver Island, Through an Artist’s Eyes 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z It’s a piece of quarter-inch fir plywood, 6 3/4 by 21 1/2 , cut by my dad so many years ago, but I found its true value. A single board, three generations of service 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z And all of it, everywhere, from the master bedroom upstairs to the media room below ground, is united and outlined in heavy Doug fir beams. Seattle urban farmhouse blends the best of both lifestyles 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z It begins on dunes land, moves into a rambling meadow, continues through a forest of Douglas firs and spruces, and concludes back in the dunes. A wee bit of Scottish golf on Oregon’s coast 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z “You’ll get much more beautiful wreaths and garlands,” she says, such as mixed wreaths with two types of greens, including long-lasting cedar and noble fir. Creative holiday wreaths and other ideas for a festive front door 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z Victoria added the fir tree to family celebrations five years later. The Christmas tree is a tradition older than Christmas 2022-12-24T05:00:00Z Three girls, no older than 12, had found even more untracked snow here, right next to the lift on a pleasing ridgeline with firs on one side and aspens on the other. Canyons Ski Resort, Park City, Utah 2011-12-09T19:25:27Z Put the lights on the tree first – walking around the fir and hiding wires away inside the branches. 5 Christmas decorating mistakes to avoid this holiday season 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z The Pines has a drink named after itself made with Douglas fir liquor that is redolent of being in the deepest woods, without the mosquitoes. My Brooklyn, Then and Now 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z The emotional center and main interior public area is the gallery, a light-filled space in which Douglas fir beams are angled like an abstract forest. Light Footprint 2010-08-01T04:00:00Z A coaster soon caught her attention, and we took the opportunity to wrap the string around our Fraser fir, then uploaded her pic to Instagram. Step away from the Christmas lights! 2013-12-18T13:30:00Z The massive fir isn’t just any old shrub, however — it’s been bedecked in garlands and ornaments ahead of Dec. 25 by an unknown group, in what’s said to be an annual ritual. Texas town fights to save mysterious Christmas tree 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z Snow-swathed railroad tracks and apartment blocks blur into glowering fir forests; vivid green tundra gives way to gray frozen lakes. What Is Russia Thinking? A ‘Documentary Opera’ Tries to Answer. 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z We took walks in the woods and. he pointed out the canopy, the way the hemlock grows in the shade of the Doug fir, for instance, and the understory below. The fight to save our off-the-grid forest home 2022-01-30T05:00:00Z A Fraser fir, with its symmetrical shape, coordinates nicely with this room’s classic architecture. Our Favorite Christmas Trees 2010-12-06T16:06:00Z The theater will be finished in October in its original 19th-century design, with restored czarist insignia, embroidered silk tapestry and acoustics-improving fir and papier-mache panels, the subcontractor Summa Capital said Monday. Russia's Bolshoi to reopen after reconstruction 2011-04-25T22:01:04Z Letters From the Big Man In his poem “The Way West, Underground,” from his collection “Turtle Island,” Gary Snyder writes vividly of “The split-cedar/smoked salmon/cloudy days of Oregon,/ the thick fir forests.” | 'Letters From the Big Man': ?Letters From the Big Man? Stars Lily Rabe - Review 2011-11-10T21:57:13Z Can’t bear the idea of saying goodbye to your festive fir so soon? Christmas trees: When and how should you throw them out? 2020-12-27T05:00:00Z Or so that Michael Asher, another forerunner of relational aesthetics, could build a kind of sensory-deprivation chamber, or Robert Morris could create a bonsai forest of fir trees. Last Chance: Franz Erhard Walther, in an Interactive Show at Peter Freeman 2010-04-27T22:04:00Z This year, the gothic perfume house Sixteen92 in Dallas released the Fall of the House of Usher, a scent that is so rich with pine and fir needles that it can clear your sinuses. This Winter, Don’t Just Sit by a Crackling Fire. Smell Like It, Too. 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z Two years ago, a late frost in May damaged the tips of Douglas firs on Bossio’s farm in Pennsylvania. The journey from seed to harvested Christmas tree is a long, winding road 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z Beams of sunlight shone through 100-foot-tall oyamel fir trees like spotlights on a stage, with enough dancing butterflies to make a Bollywood extravaganza. Monarch butterflies in Mexico allow brush with fragile beauty 2017-11-24T05:00:00Z Higher still, my ears popped, and we began to pass farms, pine forests with grand firs and spruce and stands of birch trees, ice-covered lakes and frozen waterfalls. A U.S. traveler’s urge to see Norway is all in his genes 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z There are two ways to make a Christmas wreath, and I don’t mean with either boxwood or fir. The magic of wreathmaking circles 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z From there we slipped through an open alley of fir trees, turning through those 16 untouched inches of snow, feeling weightless, alone and free. A Colorado Ski Area With No Lift Lines? This One Has No Lifts at All. 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z Fraser fir wreaths and white pine garland: Green Valley Christmas Trees; greenvalleychristmastrees.com. High Holiday Style in the Lowcountry 2010-11-19T16:21:00Z Mr. Dennis mainly harvests balsam fir, supplemented with cedar, pine and juniper. Taking to the Woods With Maine’s ‘Tree Tippers’ 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z The greenery and the extraordinary size of the Douglas fir, hemlock and Sitka spruce trees reminded us of the Forbidden Forest in the “Harry Potter” series. Best friends plan an offline vacation at Olympic National Park in Washington state 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z Counters and bookshelves made of island fir went up. Orcas Island’s farmer-chef 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z This trip would be about Douglas firs and deep thoughts if it killed us. Unplugged Along the California Coast 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z The Mill on the Boot," Tacoma historian Murray Morgan wrote of this "true forest": "There was some hemlock and a scattering of cedar, but the basic tree was Douglas fir. 'Lakewold' book opens door to a magnificent garden 2011-07-29T21:05:05Z Whither the olives, the citrus, the aspens, the poplars, the hawthorns, the horse chestnuts, the willow-leaf pears, the firs, the spruces, the redwoods? Longing for the snow-white birch tree of our northern neighbors 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z Fill a wide, shallow planter with a mix of pansies, flowering cabbage, cedar, fir, lavender, and rosemary trimmed to resemble a Christmas tree. 86 Fresh Christmas Ideas 2010-11-19T19:59:00Z The fertile single-crop fields of the Central Valley transitioned to a forest of spindly firs and pines and pumice rock. In a Rented RV, Roaming Western Roads 2012-05-20T04:47:18Z As we rode up Chair 2, the upper front side of the mountain reared up in a steep wall of spruce and fir, with tilted rock gardens. Mix of New and Old Enlivens Taos Ski Valley 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z Long before a salesman in Maryland hung the price tag from the branches of this fully formed fir in 2021, its life began, as all trees’ lives do, as a tiny seed. The journey from seed to harvested Christmas tree is a long, winding road 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z Its driveway runs a short distance through maples, Western red cedars and Douglas firs to a five-acre tract where there’s a gong to summon the keepers of the sanctuary from a nearby house. In Vancouver Island’s rain forest, a treehouse hotel fit for a hobbit 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z His decanters, pickle jars and bowls fiddle vaguely with ideas, but without nearly the sense of transcendence he pulls off with his fir and cedar pieces. Chris Engman’s photographic illusions dazzle 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z His Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Md., with a huge trapezoidal roof, exposed steel joists and sides covered by unstained Douglas fir, was celebrated for its acoustics. ‘Building Art: The Life and Work of Frank Gehry’ review 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z In one, towering firs are echoed by ones painted on the side of a massive metal tank, a tribute from industry to nature. In the galleries: The intersection of nature and man 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z Wood, locals believe, can also impart a sense of tranquillity; the 22 rooms are crafted with Swiss pine and fir. 8 New Hotels for Winter Enthusiasts in the U.S. and Europe 2022-12-03T05:00:00Z There’s also a glass-and-steel gallery linking the great room and lounge, plus a lavish guesthouse with Douglas fir flooring inlaid with satin-finished white stone. Ron Mann–Designed Compound Slated for Auction 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z For many of us, nothing says Christmas like the smell of evergreen trees – pines, firs, cedars, etc. Low-grog eggnog: Christmas cocktails that won't knock you out 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z Bishop could no longer manage the walk across the meadow past the line of fir trees and down the hill to “our beach.” Elizabeth and Alice 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z A Douglas fir reaches more than 200 feet high and 8 feet across; a stand of cedars covered in heavy moss rises out of the huckleberry and the sword fern. My Vancouver: An Ever-Unfolding Story 2017-04-01T04:00:00Z Lynn kept the look minimal and organic by forgoing clunky ornaments and decorating the Fraser fir with burlap ribbon and paper cones filled with balsa wood flowers. Elegant Christmas Dinner Party 2011-12-12T19:20:07.153Z The Schooner Head Trail was another Dorr-original, built in 1901 and designed to meander three and a half miles through fir and spruce forests to 100-foot sea cliffs south of Bar Harbor. Restoring Acadia’s Trails 2014-08-08T04:00:00Z Late on Christmas Eve 1914, men of the British Expeditionary Force heard the Germans singing carols and patriotic songs and saw lanterns and small fir trees along their trenches. Peace record takes on X Factor 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z Our gentle ridge steepened, dwarf firs clinging to its flank, which then became cliffs. Ski Guide 2010: The Back of Beyond in British Columbia 2009-12-14T17:26:00Z “I load it with greenery from around our neighborhood . . . little cedar clippings and fir clippings . . . and dried leaves.” Less waste, more cheer: How to rein in holiday excess 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z There were probably hundreds of these pockets tucked among the firs that I had missed. Canyons Ski Resort, Park City, Utah 2011-12-09T19:25:27Z Queen Victoria rode here in the autumn of 1861: “Magnificent fir woods,” she noted in her journal. Homage to the Scottish Highlands: walking in the Cairngorms 2017-09-09T04:00:00Z They gathered so densely that the oyamel fir tree branches began to sag under their weight. A first-time visit to Mexico includes margaritas and Frida-mania 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z Take his image of two tall Douglas firs looming raggedly up into an ocean light at the sandy edge of the terrestrial world. Jared Rue’s ‘Broken Line’ fuses family discord, nature scenes | Art review 2012-12-06T21:56:20Z Upon arrival, Melania met the carriage outside and walked around examining the festive fir and posing for photos. Melania Trump welcomes Christmas tree, kicks off holiday season at White House 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z After some convincing, a rescue team was dispatched to detangle the wild animal from the festive fir. Australian family finds koala hiding in Christmas tree 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z There are four rock ’n’ roll coffee table books I wouldn’t mind discovering under my Douglas fir tree this year. A Roundup of Holiday Coffee Table Books 2012-11-22T19:55:15Z Local carpenters built the bar — a beam of Douglas fir from a 115-year-old barn — in exchange for 420 pints of beer. Surfacing: 13th Avenue in Northeast Minneapolis, Revived 2010-04-24T02:50:00Z Guests, puddling on the floor, were arrayed around a little park planted with firs and bordered by an iron bench. The Thinking Woman’s Runway 2016-02-17T05:00:00Z Rain lashed the pine boughs outside Jonathan Lethem’s summer home in East Blue Hill, Me., in June as an unseasonably chilly fog rolled among birches and firs. Blue Hill, a Literary Enclave, Grows in Downeast Maine 2015-09-01T04:00:00Z Beyond the great fir trees looms a fairytale castle or cathedral, a fantastic structure of vertigo-inducing pinnacles become a gothic silhouette in the violet light. Snow and sunshine create a kind of winter art 2010-12-20T17:16:16Z At the top of the hill, we were rewarded with a smooth path leading into a thick forest of Douglas firs, pines and spruces. Ultrarunners are heading to Crested Butte, Colo., long popular with mountain bikers 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z Stands of alpine fir trees offered occasional shade from the sun as we made our way toward Ingalls Pass at 6,500 feet. In pursuit of the wily alpine-lakes trout 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z The next day, we headed west on Highway 4 to Cathedral Grove, a meandering walk through an 800-year-old strand of Douglas firs and cedar. Canada’s grand western loop around British Columbia is prime for a road trip 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z I crave the smell of Douglas fir in the house, but that’s about it. My Family Celebrates All the Holidays 2018-12-22T05:00:00Z Windstrup retired the 15-year-old job last year and found this tall drink of fir from Balsam Hill, choosing the brand for its sturdy branches and true needles. Here’s how professional decorators dress their home for the holidays 2014-12-03T05:00:00Z On Monday, the first lady welcomed the White House Christmas Tree – an 18 1/2-foot Fraser fir – which was brought to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue on a carriage led by two Clydesdales. Melania Trump welcomes Christmas tree, kicks off holiday season at White House 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z Noble firs are strong, with excellent needle retention and best for heavy ornaments. How to pick a Christmas tree, whether it’s real or artificial 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z It's made of fir, with a core of dragon heartstrings, 12.5 in. long. Pottermore, Part II: Hufflepocalypse Now 2011-09-07T19:15:00Z This volume’s handsome plates feature forthright, detailed drawings; you can almost feel the sheen on the acorns of the cork oak or the shaggy surface of the Bristlecone fir. The Great Outdoors: From Your Backyard to a Garden in Japan 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z The mountains wear firs; the men tartan shirts. Twin Peaks reviewed by Nancy Banks-Smith 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z The house faces south, with views of the fir- and larch-clad mountains and a lake in the valley below. 5 New Standout Ski Hotels 2019-11-30T05:00:00Z Some of these groves were already standing long before Spanish conquistadors first set eyes on this area; among them are some of North America’s oldest Douglas firs, one of them alive since A.D. Into a Lava-Lined Underworld Near Albuquerque 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z Take a drive up the destroyed volcano called Mount Mazama in Oregon, where towering fir trees line both sides of Route 62. Inspirational Travel Destinations 2010-12-09T17:15:00Z Wander through grassy meadows and over rocky outcrop to waterfalls, ascend through a forest of balsam firs to the tallest mountain east of the Mississippi or tackle the Appalachian Trail. Life’s more than a beach. Four mountain towns to visit this summer. 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z The lodge was warm and welcoming, filled with light and ribbed with foot-thick fir beams. Ski Guide 2010: The Back of Beyond in British Columbia 2009-12-14T17:26:00Z Pontus corrected himself: If the fir tip tastes bitter. In Sweden, a DIY dining adventure 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z In one, she brings alive a late-spring continuum of greens; in the other, there's a contrast between the yellow-brown Alpine meadows of late summer and the still-dark firs surrounding them. Forests and mountains dominate 'Evergreen Muse: The Art of Elizabeth Colborne' at Whatcom Museum 2011-08-19T18:26:04Z After clawing through the city and its suburbs, the highway begins rising up Mount Hood through a magnificent forest of Douglas firs. Journeys: Correspondents Select Some of Their Favorite Roads 2012-05-20T22:47:22Z If it gets direct sunlight for part of the day, choose a hardier green, such as a noble fir. Creative holiday wreaths and other ideas for a festive front door 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z Douglas firs offer that unbeatable holiday aroma but may drop needles within two to three weeks. How to pick a Christmas tree, whether it’s real or artificial 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z Tables, headboards and chairs are trimmed in huge Douglas fir burls, and even the upholstery tacks are oversized. Antiques: Vintage Thomas Molesworth Furniture Heads to Auction 2013-09-05T20:00:56Z Do the monarchs seek higher elevation, beyond the firs, up the mountain — and then, where? Butterflies were symbols of rebirth. Then they started disappearing. 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z They lifted the carpet, for instance, and discovered gorgeous Douglas fir floors. Who Wants a Hotel With a Hallway Anyway? 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z Luckily, the little Fraser fir thrived in its pot for two years, avoiding hungry deer, bugs, winter frosts and summer heat. The journey from seed to harvested Christmas tree is a long, winding road 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z From a massive ragged obelisk of fir, two beautifully rendered arms protrude — one gloved hand holding a chisel, the other holding a mallet. At Kucera: Photographer Daniel Carrillo, sculptor Dan Webb play with their media 2012-09-06T20:27:04Z Some 150 miles of trails crisscross the pasture, chaparral ridges, California-laurel valleys, meadowlands and windblown forests of Douglas fir and rare bishop pine. Flee crowded San Francisco for the serenity of Point Reyes 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z Their compact and effective gray blocks, each 1.9 ounces, are made mainly from coconut oil, sand, activated charcoal and fir needle oil. A New Helper in the Kitchen 2021-07-12T04:00:00Z Green Building Council, and stained Douglas fir wraps the portals on either end of the facility. What travelers should know about Sea-Tac Airport’s new arrivals facility 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z A few minutes later, I was hiking my way through a thick swath of towering Douglas fir and Western red cedar trees, boughs draped with hanging moss. Whistler’s Slopes and Après-Ski Charms, the Cheap Way 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z These were redwoods, firs and conifers – and they were seriously big, possibly as big as the California redwood that's considered the world's tallest tree today. A forester's view on Timber! 2013-07-22T17:46:18Z The ferns on the ground became more lush and dense, and the mosses and lichens covering the Oregon maples, Sitka spruces and Douglas firs more varied and more intensely green. An American Rain Forest and Its Charming Neighbor 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z Ah, here's the magnificent gothic country pile, great fir trees, lawns, a gravel drive, kedgeree and ironed newspapers for breakfast, more big names – Maggie Smith, Elizabeth McGovern. TV review: Downton Abbey and All New Celebrity Total Wipeout 2010-09-27T05:45:00Z “You can hear the loons and the wind through the fir trees, and there’s the weight of 10 blankets on top of me because it’s a cold night. We’re trying a bunch of interventions.” Sleep Is the New Status Symbol 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z “Like, all of a sudden, there were fir trees all along the highway! It just seemed really magical to me. And that’s always stuck with me.” Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore feels a special connection to Seattle 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z The trail gets dim under the lush canopy of firs and hemlocks. Quiet hikes and undiscovered cabins at Washington’s favorite state park 2016-06-15T04:00:00Z On the roof, the establishment’s name glows in green neon letters that illuminate the towering fir trees surrounding the gravel parking lot. Journeys: Wisconsin Supper Clubs, Old-Fashioned and Open to All 2011-11-23T18:45:06Z Slightly asymmetrical trees that mimic fir and spruce are gaining in popularity. How to pick a Christmas tree, whether it’s real or artificial 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z The house, on lightly wooded land, was built with natural materials, like fieldstone from the property and Pacific Northwest fir and pine. In Lambertville, N.J., a Modern Classic for Sale 2010-10-21T22:40:00Z Highlights include an outdoor pavilion with broad Douglas fir counters and room for 47 new farm stands and crafts stalls, plus a new Producers Hall of restaurants and shops. Seattle’s expanded Pike Place Market has room for everyone 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z Many homes built in the early 1900s, especially on upper stories, have fir flooring that came from trees in the West’s old-growth forests. What to do about splitting floorboards in an old home 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z As they investigate why Jack’s firs keep dying, the pair grow closer. What to watch on Friday: ‘Invasion’ on Apple TV Plus 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z The Mayor’s Tree, a magnificent Douglas fir standing taller than the one on the White House lawn, captures the magic of Christmas in Kansas City. Dazzling Lights of Kansas City 2010-12-01T17:39:00Z Flags were everywhere: along the road lined with giant spruce, hemlock, cedar and Doug fir; above the sauna; above our houses; near the campground; near the beautiful Five Mile Meadow. The fight to save our off-the-grid forest home 2022-01-30T05:00:00Z The dome is constructed completely out of Douglas fir, without the use of a single nail. Finding Yourself in Los Angeles 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z Soon, under a canopy of aspen, spruce and fir trees, we were scouring the terrain, digging into the soil, looking between branches, over logs and around melting snow patches. Journeys: Hunting for Mushrooms in Colorado 2011-09-09T18:55:14Z You enter with lanterns, one or two at a time through mirrored swinging doors, to walk on leaves and a wood stump path under towering, fragrant fir trees. Nature With Chirps, but No Tweets 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z After we reached our clover quota, I noticed Pontus and Dave squatting in a dense patch of greenery and joined their hunt for fir tips. In Sweden, a DIY dining adventure 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z The whole thing is made of standard sheets of Douglas fir plywood 1 3/8 inches thick. Donald Judd’s Plain-Spoken Masterpiece 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z The sweet scent of Douglas fir groves, moss-covered rocks and a profusion of sword ferns contribute to an excellent session of “forest bathing.” Go North for Active Days and Appetizing Nights 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z Without a warm-up run she led us into Captain Jack’s Trees, a forest of tall, silent fir and hemlock perfectly spaced for a high-velocity pas de deux with the stout trunks. Next Stop: In British Columbia, Little Big Resort 2013-12-19T19:58:31Z You would need such a considered spot for something as special as a China fir, Himalayan pine or Japanese umbrella pine. Winter wonders: Conifers revive the sleeping garden. But remember, less is more. 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z Interior walls incorporate an elaborate system of wood baffles in Douglas fir and spruce, which work in tandem with folded and deconstructed ceiling planes for maximum sound manipulation and quality. UCLA’s Music Center debuts two pavilions by Kevin Daly Architects 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z What surprises here is how at home Cunningham’s dances appear, whether they are shot outside in a grove of slender firs, in the gilded hall of a palace, or in an airplane hangar. Dancing with Merce Cunningham in Three Dimensions 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z But while Mr. Curtis has no trouble getting a Douglas fir under control, his beard is another story. It’s Long Past Time to Get That Beard Under Control 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z On many runs, I was alone among the snow-kissed Douglas firs. You Don’t Go to Sun Valley to Party 2023-01-30T05:00:00Z And then there’s the general pattern of Agent Cooper’s dialogue, which pivots sharply between dazzling insight into the cases and non sequiturs about Douglas firs and the virtues of a clean, reasonably priced hotel. Twin Peaks at 30: the weird and wonderful show that changed television 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z The hike levels off from there as it meanders through a lush forest of Douglas firs and Western hemlock interspersed with some Western red cedar. Enjoy last-hurrah hike of summer on rehabbed Oyster Dome trail 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z Coincidentally, the Newnan family’s fir was filled with about a dozen owl ornaments, as Katie is a fan of the bird. Family finds owl in Christmas tree, updates followers on ensuing 'OwlGate' 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z During the day he wandered the acres behind her house, picking through the scrub brush, the rocky terrain, the bristling white fir. Meet the modern-day Pagans who celebrate the ancient gods 2017-05-07T04:00:00Z Wandering through fir trees, the little white rabbit speculates on what it might be like to be tall. These Caldecott winners are not resting 2011-06-11T03:51:13Z Get your bearings with "The Washington State of Mind:" a mischievous bourbon cocktail with a splash of Douglas fir liqueur, a cinnamon sugar rim and fresh apple garnish. Six new restaurants vie for your attention this spring 2012-04-26T20:08:04Z Their aptly named woodland bitters, a combination of Douglas fir, peppermint, and orange, elevates my gin and tonics to something really special. Three small-batch bitters for better cocktails (and desserts, too) 2021-02-07T05:00:00Z On the way, we stumbled upon the Royal Roads Forest, a hauntingly beautiful woodland where some of the largest Douglas firs on the island are found. Vancouver Island, Through an Artist’s Eyes 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z We were not skulking through the lot at The Home Depot at three o'clock in the morning, or robbing a Douglas fir from the Knights of Columbus. Southern Journal: O Christmas Tree 2011-11-08T19:20:00.797Z This giant version is constructed from spruce and fir and has "crashed" nose-first into a chaos of chairs on the risers where, normally, seats are lined up in tidy rows. SuttonBeresCuller at OtB: fun scene, mixed bag 2011-09-16T17:29:03Z As you climb the Sierra Nevada, you start seeing pinyon and Jeffrey pines, white and red firs. Q&A: Cheryl Strayed, Author of ‘Wild,’ on Returning to Her Trail of Tears 2012-08-09T19:16:22Z The 342-acre lake was deserted, silver and flat as a mirror, reflecting the fir trees lining the shore. A Triathlon That Takes Friendships to the Extreme 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z So now that I know about the lead on my lights, am I going to leave them off my fir? Step away from the Christmas lights! 2013-12-18T13:30:00Z Plants such as holly, magnolia, mistletoe, pine, ivy, and fir were common in the 18th century. Christmas Wreaths 2010-11-19T16:21:00Z The woods thin to a mix of alder interspersed with big Douglas firs and red huckleberry. A Hike and a Happy Hour: Explore splendid Camano Island and its new Naked City pub 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z Instead of a mountainous path enveloped by spruce and firs, we were hitting the open road. Overnighter: In Colorado, Switchbacks and ‘The Shining’ 2012-10-19T17:12:06Z Yet this was the year that Harold Macmillan, /fir the new prime minister, proclaimed, “Most of our people have never had it so good.” David Kynaston’s ‘Modernity Britain: 1957-1962’ 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z The other sphere, Eryn, is the same size as Melody, but made of Sitka spruce and set amid cedar and fir trees. In Vancouver Island’s rain forest, a treehouse hotel fit for a hobbit 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z Sunday; lighting ceremony for the hotel's 25-foot noble fir, 3:15 p.m. Yulefest at the Nordic Heritage Museum and other weekend community events 2010-11-19T22:08:00Z In Paris, hundreds of fresh-cut fir trees line the Champs-Élysées, which sparkles with a dazzling display of lights. Vacation like a local by embracing Europe in the offseason 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z A recent show featured works by 68 artists that were taped to the walls, alongside $6 bars of vegan citronella fir soap from an eco-minded Brooklyn company called Meow Meow Tweet. Bushwick, Brooklyn as Next Gallery District in New York 2012-03-07T23:17:42Z “Oysters don’t just consume algae and phytoplankton, but also organic detritus in the water, like sea grass, elder leaves or, in our case, fir needles,” he said. To Eat Oysters Better, Treat Them Like Wine 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z But, for those who want to return to a tents-only home base tucked into old growth Douglas fir and Hemlock trees, Lost Creek is a great bet. The country’s eight most beautiful campgrounds 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z The multicolored mosaic is an unmarked memorial to my grandmother Frances Evans, who was raised among the yellow pine, lowland fir, red cedar and cherry orchard banks of the Flathead. A Family Returns to Montana ‘Ruts’ and a Million-Dollar View 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z Surround them with the woodsy scent of fir balsam, cedar, juniper, sap and pine needle and damp moss in these charcoal incense cones in a black tin. Stocking stuffer gifts 2023 | Produced by Seattle Times Marketing 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z On a promontory above Puget Sound, a Douglas fir with arms bent at right angles stands above a quiet cove, where shellfish would have been gathered, long before this place was settled by newcomers. The Pacific Northwest trees shaped by generations of people 2023-11-12T05:00:00Z The hangars were built mostly from Oregon Douglas fir. Massive fire burns landmark blimp hangar in Tustin 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z From lowest elevation to highest, this included ponderosa pine, piñon pine, Englemann spruce, Douglas fir and limber pine. The kids aren't alright: Saplings reveal how changing climate may undermine forests 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z Piece by piece, they dismantled it and fashioned templates from its planks and ribs, its bulkheads, floorboards and decking for replacements cut from African sipo, Kentucky oak and Douglas fir. A $7-million dream: Steinbeck's vintage sardine boat makes its modern debut 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z Dead pines, firs, and cedars stretch as far as the eye can see. Fire, other ravages jeopardize California’s prized forests 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z If you’re not familiar with the site, picture a bright, open meadow spreading before you, bordered with shady groves of beech, redwood, cedar and fir. Keep nature in the city and keep pickleball out of Lincoln Park | Op-Ed 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z Walk 30 meters, and a patch of 10 Douglas fir trees no taller than teacups sprout from a mosaic of gray stones. Historic dam removal poses challenge of restoring both river and landscape 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z It’s inside a 489-acre forest of Douglas firs crisscrossed by trails. In Kirkland and across U.S., working people are living out of their cars 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z Their kitchen table — which Joe built from fir — is accompanied by four empty chairs. UW folk hero Joe Jarzynka’s last hurrah — and his family’s path forward 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z “There’s pollen from pine and spruce and fir, which grow at much higher elevations today,” Springer says. Ancient Footprints Affirm People Lived in the Americas More than 20,000 Years Ago 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z At the end, yellowwood trees turn brilliant in fall, and a legacy fir forest towers in the background. Keep nature in the city and keep pickleball out of Lincoln Park | Op-Ed 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z “The Doug fir … is getting here on its own, which is really cool,” she says. Historic dam removal poses challenge of restoring both river and landscape 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z Eventually, Black corralled usable samples from 47 Douglas firs at six sites where trees were drowned by the earthquakes. New earthquake study: 'The big one,' but make it double? 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z By getting precise dates from Douglas fir trees swept into lakes by the ancient quake or quakes, Black says, he and Sherrod hoped “to see if these quakes were linked and happened in rapid synchrony.” New massive earthquake threat to Seattle revealed in ancient trees 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z The agents suggested that the bottom half of the mast could be painted "fir green" up to the height of the adjacent trees to help it blend in with the character of the area. Preseli Hills: Data mast row sparks national park fears 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z The tallest known tree at the Andrews is a Douglas fir that towers 306 feet — taller than the Statue of Liberty. Scientists mourn their burning forest, wonder what it might teach them 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z Scrubby mountains dotted with fir and pine loomed before me. A pristine swimming hole near L.A. has blown up on TikTok. Is it worth the hype? 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z The team had to collect new samples from Price Lake, where stumps of the quake-killed Douglas firs remain visible. New earthquake study: 'The big one,' but make it double? 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z She says her Douglas fir tree farm in western Washington “is the main source of visual nourishment … where new ideas for paintings are often born.” Add to your home’s decor with inspiring works by Pacific Northwest artists 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z It sat on an unusually large 3/4-acre lot with mature maples, Douglas fir and a hemlock tree, in Ballard, an old Seattle neighborhood on Puget Sound. A ship captain’s house in Seattle, via Norway, finds new life 2023-09-09T04:00:00Z Big trees don’t burn as easily because of their mass and some — such as Douglas firs — are armored when they are old and large with bark up to a foot thick. Scientists mourn their burning forest, wonder what it might teach them 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z He found a grand fir near the Crescent Lake Lodge listed as a world champion by the then-American Forestry Association. Seattle’s ‘Big Tree Bob’ measures the world’s tallest trees 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z To anchor the tree rings in time, he used a reference sequence from 1,300-year-old firs collected on Vancouver Island in the early 1990s — so the date of the outermost ring is known. New earthquake study: 'The big one,' but make it double? 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z Buildup of fallen pine needles and branches on forest floors coupled with fir trees that have crowded into more historically spread-out, ponderosa pine forests mean fires travel faster. Wildfire seasons in WA are burning differently 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z It was built by highly skilled craftsmen who meticulously paneled the walls and ceilings with Douglas fir. A ship captain’s house in Seattle, via Norway, finds new life 2023-09-09T04:00:00Z A greenhouse at OSU hosts thousands of Douglas fir and hemlock seedlings that were supposed to be planted this month at the Andrews as part of an experiment. Scientists mourn their burning forest, wonder what it might teach them 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z No one knew the grand fir’s status because Washington didn’t have a state big-tree coordinator. Seattle’s ‘Big Tree Bob’ measures the world’s tallest trees 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z Even luckier for Black and his colleagues, a Miyake event occurred in the year 774 A.D. and showed up in their Douglas fir samples, providing an absolute benchmark from which to count. New earthquake study: 'The big one,' but make it double? 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z For ponderosa pine and dry Douglas and grand fir forests, Swanson suggests landowners look into forest-thinning and prescribed burns for fire safety. Wildfire seasons in WA are burning differently 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z The cabinetry is stained white oak; the beams and columns are stained Douglas fir. A ship captain’s house in Seattle, via Norway, finds new life 2023-09-09T04:00:00Z About 20% are protected nature areas, like the mountains covered with pine and fir forests that adjoin the neighboring state of Morelos. Illegal logging thrives in Mexico City’s forest-covered boroughs, as locals strive to plant trees 2023-08-27T04:00:00Z Soon, it had 50 record trees, including another champion grand fir Van Pelt found deep in the emerald Olympic forest. Seattle’s ‘Big Tree Bob’ measures the world’s tallest trees 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z Chicago, which has a one-game lead fir the NL’s final wild card, won two in a row after losing the series opener. Suzuki and Amaya hit solo homers and Cubs beat Royals 4-3 2023-08-21T04:00:00Z The ascent through lodgepole pine and subalpine firs is lovely and the air is so fresh, it practically sparkles. An OR road trip through Swiss-Alps-like mountains 2023-08-19T04:00:00Z Douglas firs showed the biggest mortality rate increase, 1,650%, followed by white and red firs. Millions of California trees are dying; Joshua trees are just the latest victims 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z Now, they are working to protect “Doug,” a fir in the Maple Leaf neighborhood. Yes, Seattle, we can have both housing and trees 2023-08-14T04:00:00Z Its boreal - or "taiga" - forests of mainly birch, pine, spruce and fir are the world's largest forest region, covering an area about four times the size of India. Smoke from forest fires engulfs city in Russia's far east 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z Guides also assist with the 40-foot rappel out of a giant pine cone — a rolled steel sculpture that envelops one of the course’s many Douglas firs. Summer fun in the sky: Cascade ski hill opens aerial adventure course 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z Succulent, peachy salmonberries and velvety thimbleberry bush fronds flank the entrance to the trail, blanketed in soft shade from the outstretched limbs of towering Western red cedar, Douglas fir and hemlock. Controversial WA timber sale near Elwha River rankles conservationists, Port Angeles leaders 2023-07-30T04:00:00Z It’s mostly fir trees, but Oliver also pointed out cedar, hemlock, maple, cottonwood and alder trees of varying heights as he bushwhacked through Wednesday, plus huckleberries, gooseberries and devil’s club plants. 102-acre King County timber sale paused as politicians air climate concerns 2023-07-29T04:00:00Z Luma was slated to be cut down before the tree ordinance passed, but it’s unclear how the fir fits into the new rules. Yes, Seattle, we can have both housing and trees 2023-08-14T04:00:00Z Looking at majestic, massive cedars and Douglas fir, you might wonder how many people it would take, hand in hand, to circle the trunk. Check out 7 cascades on an Olympic Peninsula waterfall tour 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z Bigcone Douglas fir trees only grow in the mountains of Southern California. California Congress members call for expansion of San Gabriel Mountains National Monument 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z The all-terrain vehicle puttered down a winding dirt road shaded by mature Douglas fir and cedar, with sword ferns and vine maple brushing the sides of the cart along the way. Controversial WA timber sale near Elwha River rankles conservationists, Port Angeles leaders 2023-07-30T04:00:00Z Overpopulation of the lumbering mammals were causing their own starvation as they outstripped available balsam fir trees — their primary food during long, snowbound winters, Michigan Technological University biologists said. Isle Royale wolves continue recovery after nearly dying out, while park’s moose decline 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z Conditions favored shade-tolerant trees — white fir, red fir and incense cedar — that prefer dense, closed canopies. In burned-out groves of giant sequoias, crews plant seeds of hope. Will they survive? 2023-06-11T04:00:00Z Beyond the town of Quinault on Highway 101, the approach to these falls feels remote, as you drive deep into the rainforest, passing old-growth cedar, Douglas fir and maples clad in golden-green moss. Check out 7 cascades on an Olympic Peninsula waterfall tour 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z Greenville, CA — Pines and firs parched by a three-year drought had been burning for days on a ridge 1,000 feet above my remote mountain town. Looking for home in an overheating world: If emissions continue, will we all be migrants someday? 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z The Douglas fir trees that Lyndon’s team planted are growing and shading the grass. Lewis County’s Centralia bets on clean energy as coal economy fades 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z Even now, its balsam firs continue to deteriorate from moose browsing and an attack of tree-killing spruce budworm, the report said. Isle Royale wolves continue recovery after nearly dying out, while park’s moose decline 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z The slope was thick with trees: big broccoli-topped sequoia pressed up against smaller fir and cedar, their branches reaching down to the forest floor. In burned-out groves of giant sequoias, crews plant seeds of hope. Will they survive? 2023-06-11T04:00:00Z Coultas’ father and uncle later planted fir trees on several acres of the property, selling their first Christmas trees in 1986. From farm to BARN: Bainbridge makerspace promotes art accessibility, eyes expansion 2023-05-21T04:00:00Z Conifers include familiar evergreen trees such as pines, spruces, firs, cedars, sequoias, and yews. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The Seattleite inked a firs- team deal in May 2021 but has made more appearances the past two years for the MLS Next Pro side Tacoma Defiance. Sounders will rely on young players as schedule gets tougher and injuries mount 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z Lacking that natural patchwork, thick stands of Engelmann spruce, subalpine fir and lodgepole pine were primed for ignition when lighting sparked the Tripod complex. Could prescribed fires offer the best protection for Washington's lynx? 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z Heavy fir forests along the highway fall away into sagebrush and a sunnier, drier climate. Road trip to White Salmon, Washington | Provided by Western Washington Toyota Dealers 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z Features a camas terrace including camas, lupine and other flowers, as well as Garry oaks and a section of Douglas fir forest. Why conservation groups are trying to restore Native prairies in WA 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z “I milled some of the fir bleachers into flooring, which is now in my house.” Reduce, reuse, reinvent: How salvage shops around Puget Sound keep history alive | Produced by Seattle Times Marketing 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z Ride the lodge’s zip line through firs or step through the 19-platform aerial park. Road trip to the Columbia River Gorge: Resorts and recreation | Provided by Western Washington Toyota Dealers 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z They planted about 70,000 native trees, shrubs and plants, including cedar, Douglas fir and willow. How the Cedar River got its meander back 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z But 28 rings in from the bark, they found the telltale 14C spike: persuasive evidence that Vikings had felled the fir and juniper trees used to build the longhouse in 1021 C.E. Marking time: Cosmic ray storms can pin precise dates on history from ancient Egypt to the Vikings 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z Douglas fir forests dominate Western Washington, but for thousands of years, prairies and oak savannas covered 180,000 acres of this land. Why conservation groups are trying to restore Native prairies in WA 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z Today, the company’s staff mills beams of old-growth fir, mahogany and cedar into lumber available for purchase. Reduce, reuse, reinvent: How salvage shops around Puget Sound keep history alive | Produced by Seattle Times Marketing 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z Cattails and grasses flank the marshy banks, snags stand in the muck and Douglas fir and cedar cast shadows across the creek’s meandering bends. Fish get stuck at Hood Canal Bridge. Will this giant contraption save them from the seals? 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z Like fellow residents, his legacy will be felt among the Ponderosa pine and Douglas fir as the narratives keep bubbling to the surface at the gravestones. First 'Northern Exposure' changed tiny Roslyn. Now it's wealthy newcomers. 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z Douglas fir floors, 12-foot ceilings, fireplace, soaring windows, sun room, office, parlor, formal living and dining rooms, gourmet kitchen. Campaign-style Waco rally kicks off busy schedule for Trump 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z In the University District, the Burke Meadow hosts Native plants like camas and lupine, peppered with Garry oaks, plus a Douglas fir woodland. Why conservation groups are trying to restore Native prairies in WA 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z Monarchs east of the Rocky Mountains in the United States and Canada overwinter in the fir forests of the western state of Michoacan, west of Mexico City. Number of monarch butterflies wintering in Mexico drops 22% 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z “He’s been hiding right in plain sight all these years, living among the Douglas fir trees in the largest urban park in the USA,” Flaherty said. Portland Trail Blazers unveil new mascot: a Bigfoot named Douglas Fur 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z Many hikers make a turnaround point out of the Big Tree — as the name suggests, a towering Douglas fir — 3 miles from the trailhead, but this is a highly customizable hike. Spring is near. Try 5 great Middle Fork Road hikes (that aren’t Mailbox Peak) 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z Travel 100 feet deeper and the overstory begins to filter sunlight as deciduous trees are replaced with century-old cedars, hemlocks and Douglas firs. WA auctions off more ‘old’ forest in $2.8 million sale 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z Side channels glow with sunbeams that find their way through the hemlocks, firs, cedars and ferns. Salmon parks: Inside a movement to conserve Pacific Northwest old growth 2023-02-19T05:00:00Z Illegal logging has been a major threat to the pine and fir forests where the butterflies gathering in clumps to keep warm. Number of monarch butterflies wintering in Mexico drops 22% 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z The tips of western red cedar, hemlock and Douglas fir limbs looked as if they were scorched by passing flames just a few days after the Pacific Northwest’s 2021 extreme heat wave. How extreme heat scorched Pacific Northwest’s evergreen trees 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z Above the mantel of the brick fireplace, warmly flickering with gas flames now instead of wood, a snowy forest scene perhaps depicts the relieved firs that have been spared the blaze. Seattle-area bar classics: Please don’t go to this secret Mercer Island spot 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z When researchers stressed the Douglas fir by exposing it to insects, the Ponderosa pine also started pumping out defense chemicals. Do Trees Really Support Each Other through a Network of Fungi? 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z Portland still has many of its charms: towering firs and giant sequoias, efficient light rail and bike lanes, microbreweries and craft markets, and views of snow-capped Mt. What's the matter with Portland? Shootings, theft and other crime test city's progressive strain 2023-02-10T05:00:00Z Other close-by trails wend past waterfalls, huge Douglas fir trees in this Valley of the Giants and what’s been called the world’s largest Sitka spruce. This Olympic Peninsula lodge runs a sweet boarding deal in winter 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z Coastal Douglas fir and western hemlock plantations in Oregon and Washington shouldered some of the most extensive visible impacts of the so-called heat dome, when a high pressure system parked itself atop the region. How extreme heat scorched Pacific Northwest’s evergreen trees 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z True fir trees were hardest hit, with 3 million dead Douglas-fir trees counted across 190,000 acres, primarily in the central Sierra Nevada Range. The number of trees that died in California spiked last year. Drought is mainly to blame 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z However, the effect disappeared when the firs and pines were connected by both roots and fungi, which is what happens in the wild. Do Trees Really Support Each Other through a Network of Fungi? 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z The soaring canopies of Douglas firs are her cathedral’s ceiling. With forests in peril, she’s on a mission to save ‘mother trees’ Wood adornments abound: Vertical plywood slats hang from the ceiling, 3,900 salvaged Douglas fir planks hang above the ballroom. Seattle’s massive $2B convention center finally opens after delays 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z Douglas fir, western hemlock and western red cedar saw the worst of it. How extreme heat scorched Pacific Northwest’s evergreen trees 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z Noble firs have thicker blue-green, upward-growing needles and are more expensive; they will maintain their good cheer longer and necessitate less sweeping, but are not as aggressively fragrant. How to pick the perfect Christmas tree 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z His family resides on acres of land full of towering Redwoods and Douglas firs. With Another Storm Arriving, Five Areas of California to Watch 2023-01-15T05:00:00Z The plots were logged four years ago and replanted with a mix of Douglas fir, larch and pines. With forests in peril, she’s on a mission to save ‘mother trees’ A massive Douglas fir had uprooted from his front yard, toppled his shed and landed atop several of his neighbors’ cars, smashing their windows on impact. In This California Mountain Town, Multiple Storms Deal Multiple Blows 2023-01-14T05:00:00Z Muir blends Douglas fir tree needles and stems with vodka and then adds syrup made from dark wildflower honey and sage leaves. Ready to discard your Christmas tree? You could eat it instead. 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z Seconds later, a giant fir branch burst through his roof. At least 2 dead as fierce rains and winds again batter California 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z Vladislav Pukharev, owner of a market selling New Year fir trees for people to decorate in their homes, said prices had gone up because the trees were harder to source and more expensive to deliver. Ukraine weighs heavy on minds in Moscow as New Year holiday nears 2022-12-27T05:00:00Z Then Simard spots a spindly Douglas fir tree, barely a foot high. With forests in peril, she’s on a mission to save ‘mother trees’ He saved our kitchen window from a split Douglas fir branch that was waiting to fall. Rant & Rave: A friendly neighbor spreads joy just in time for Christmas 2022-12-25T05:00:00Z After adding dry vermouth and wormwood bitters, Muir shakes and strains the drink and garnishes it with a fir sprig. Ready to discard your Christmas tree? You could eat it instead. 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z Another spectacular royal tree is this year's festive fir at the Palace of Holyroodhouse. In pictures: Scotland's amazing Christmas trees 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z On Lenin Square, the decorated fir tree shares centre stage with big signs bearing the letter "Z" - the symbol of the Kremlin's "special military operation" in Ukraine. Ice soldiers mark Russia's very patriotic Christmas 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z Unlike pampered, nursery-grown trees, the fir had to develop an “exploratory” root system to get the nutrients it needed. With forests in peril, she’s on a mission to save ‘mother trees’ Now, he will return again, but Sahalee — well known for the huge cedar and Douglas fir trees that line the course — won’t look the same. KPMG Women’s PGA Championship returns to Sahalee Country Club in 2024 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z She buys a spruce and fir tree annually, and her tree-themed supper clubs have flourished. Ready to discard your Christmas tree? You could eat it instead. 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z Taking cues from the main house, the designers outfitted the ADU to mirror many of the characteristics of the original bungalow, including Douglas fir windows and doors, white plaster exterior and red tile shingle roof. How a teeny-tiny ADU completely transformed their L.A. yard 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z Inside the foyer, a 5-foot-wide grand staircase made of ebony-finished fir ascends to the second floor, which held the upper grades and principal’s office. Spokane historic schoolhouse hits market for less than $700K 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z The DNA fragments suggest a mix of Arctic plants, like birch trees and willow shrubs, with ones that usually prefer warmer climates, like firs and cedars. Oldest DNA reveals life in Greenland 2 million years ago 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z Keep an eye out for the pink ribbon marker on a large fir tree to indicate your turn from the road toward the lookout. 6 off-the-beaten-path snowshoe trails with unique landmarks 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z DAMASCUS, Ore. — Among tall Douglas fir and oak trees, surrounded by a winding creek that feeds into the Clackamas River, a new kind of therapist is being minted in Oregon. As psychedelic therapy arrives in the Pacific Northwest, professionals learn how to lead trips 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z So if a noble or Fraser fir is too expensive, consider a Scotch pine, which may be less pricey. Why Christmas Trees Could Cost More This Year 2022-12-03T05:00:00Z You’ll probably have the option of products made with classic needle evergreens, such as fir, spruce, juniper and cedar, and with broad-leaved evergreens, such as eucalyptus and magnolia, says Viveka Neveln, garden editor for bhg.com. Liven up your holiday decor with fresh garland, wreaths and more 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z A Douglas fir truffle custard, served warm — Seabird’s take on chawanmushi — seemed to glow in its small bowl. Restaurant review: Seabird got named a top national spot for 2022 — but here’s what our critic thinks 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z Plan to pay more this year for a live Christmas tree, be it a compact Fraser fir from the Appalachians or a massive Nordmann fir that’s native to the Black Sea. Inflation, drought drive up live Christmas tree prices 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z The official Christmas White House Tree is an 18½-foot white fir from Auburn, Pennsylvania, that features handmade renderings of the official birds from all 57 states, territories and the District of Columbia. First lady Jill Biden unveils White House holiday decor and theme: ‘We the People’ 2022-11-28T05:00:00Z Second place receives — almost in time for Christmas — a Douglas fir “tree in a box” — and that box is a 2½-inch cardboard cube. Style Invitational Week 1516: Questionable Journalism 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z In Stanislaus National Forest, only pine, fir or cedar trees can be cut down, and there is a height limit of no more than 20 feet. A free Christmas tree? California forest offering tree permits for the first time 2022-11-26T05:00:00Z Douglas firs are light green with fine needles and are typically less expensive and more fragrant. How to pick the perfect Christmas tree 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z Among the most notable are twin Douglas firs, which I sketched in honor of my twin sister, Jane. A Seattle artist’s inspired guide to our majestic ‘Trees of the West’ 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z Because fir is softer than many wood types used in flooring, the main corridors were then covered with thick paper to protect them during the project’s final phases. Advice | How to correct fading on wood paneling and floors 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z Stretching across a vast swath of north-central Washington, the North Cascades ecosystem includes alpine meadows and jagged mountains, fir forests and diverse habitats, and it continues into Canada, according to the North Cascades Institute. Grizzlies once thrived in these wilds. The U.S. may bring them back. 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z Years later, Suzanne Simard, then an ecologist with the British Columbia Ministry of Forests, demonstrated two-way carbon transfer in a forest between young Douglas fir and paper birch trees. Are Trees Talking Underground? For Scientists, It’s In Dispute. 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z Noble firs have thicker blue-green upward-growing needles and are more expensive; they will maintain their good cheer longer and necessitate less sweeping, but are not as aggressively fragrant. How to pick the perfect Christmas tree 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z The bark of a young Douglas fir is smooth and gray, but after decades, the bark becomes very thick. A Seattle artist’s inspired guide to our majestic ‘Trees of the West’ 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z Those counts are usually made in January, when the butterflies have settled into clumps on the boughs of fir and pine trees. Monarch butterflies return to Mexico on annual migration 2022-11-05T04:00:00Z In South King County’s Cedar Creek Park, the wilting remains of a young red cedar stood like a distress beacon as it slowly decayed alongside thriving maples, hemlocks and firs. Has this iconic Northwest tree reached a tipping point? 2022-10-30T04:00:00Z Sword ferns battle it out next to salal and Oregon grape, beneath draping Western red cedar and stout Douglas firs. Scenic Chuckanut Drive: A day (or weekend) road trip getaway | Provided by Western Washington Toyota Dealers 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z He also picks out the official White House Christmas tree every year — and already chose this year’s fir from a Pennsylvania farm. 50 years at White House for Dale Haney and his green thumb 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z Spotted owls and red tree voles live in old Douglas fir trees, as does the marbled murrelet. A Seattle artist’s inspired guide to our majestic ‘Trees of the West’ 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z Three bedrooms, two baths, natural Douglas fir and cherry wood interior, cathedral ceilings throughout, exposed beams, slate fireplace and oversized mahogany-framed windows. Republican message gets to voters on issues that matter to them 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z Nearby, Douglas firs, maple, alder, black cottonwood and more than a dozen surviving red cedars remain unaffected, if not thriving, to this day. Has this iconic Northwest tree reached a tipping point? 2022-10-30T04:00:00Z Hikes include the four-mile loop Fragrance Lake Trail, named for the rich surrounding scent of fir and pine evergreen. Scenic Chuckanut Drive: A day (or weekend) road trip getaway | Provided by Western Washington Toyota Dealers 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z The Pass takes drivers through a dizzying array of landscapes — including some unique ecoregions, like Yakima plateau and grand fir mixed forest, thereby multiplying the opportunities for spotting different types of autumn color. Find fall color: 5 great leaf-peeping WA road trips | Provided by Western Washington Toyota Dealers 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z Absent are grand panoramic vistas; instead, the gaze is directed heavenward to the tops of 200-foot-tall Douglas firs and western red cedars. A Seattle artist’s inspired guide to our majestic ‘Trees of the West’ 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z The river sluices through a misty forest of lodgepole pines and Douglas firs, many skeletonized by wildfires, and starts into five miles of nearly continuous rapids. In Idaho, R & R means rapids and relaxation 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z Removing a fir tree 36 inches in diameter costs another $16,000 in fees. Whatever Happened to the Starter Home? 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z How better to brighten and lighten the deep richness of yew, fir, camellia, rhododendron and hemlock than with vivid yellow and gold? These plants with golden foliage create sunshine in the garden 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z We walk with him to the city centre, where he stands under a fir tree with his anti-war placard. Ukraine war: The Russians risking freedom to protest Putin's invasion 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z When the Queen's coffin left Balmoral Castle, it was accompanied by a wreath made of dahlias, sweet peas, phlox, white heather and pine fir, all collected by her staff from the Balmoral Estate. The personal touches in Her Majesty's colourful wreath 2022-09-19T04:00:00Z The vineyard is also surrounded by oak trees and fir trees, creating a beautiful and relaxing atmosphere. Savor fall’s flavors in Vancouver, WA | Provided by Visit Vancouver WA 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z Several teams recently converged at Blodgett Forest Research Station northeast of Sacramento, an area thick with towering Ponderosa pine, Douglas fir and incense cedar. How to Save a Forest by Burning It 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z “Out here it’s natural … the ancestors are here,” she said, resting on a fallen Douglas fir. Gov. Newsom said he would give land back to Native Americans. Has he? 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z The property had been previously logged, but large stands of second-growth Douglas firs framed sweeping views of Puget Sound and the Olympic range. Dunn Gardens partners with Black quilting group to build inclusivity 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z Along the way, a plaque marks the Mountaineer Tree, a 450-year-old Douglas fir over 200 feet tall, a rare specimen along coastal Puget Sound. Bluff erosion creates bonus bike loop in Tacoma’s Point Defiance Park 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z Conifers such as spruce, fir, and pine have oval- shaped leaves with sunken stomata, helping to reduce water loss. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z Crawford starts with the leaf litter, then moves on to the hemlocks, cedars and firs that are prime real estate for Northwest spiders. The Burke Museum’s ‘spiderman’ searches high and low to find Washington’s arachnid species 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z In this case, the wood is Douglas fir from Washington state. A tree (house) grows in Brooklyn; six-story apartment building has wooden beams 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z Several now-massive native Douglas firs that date back to the beginning of the gardens’ development are still standing, joined by the now-mature shade trees that appeared in Olmsted plan. Dunn Gardens partners with Black quilting group to build inclusivity 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z The five-year experiment used infrared lamps and soil-heating cables to heat thousands of spruce, pine, and fir seedlings at two University of Michigan forest sites in northeastern Minnesota. Even a small rise in temperatures could decimate North American forests 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z Conifers such as spruce, fir, and pine have needle-shaped leaves with sunken stomata, helping to reduce water loss. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z The pine, cedar, fir and oak trees are piles of pickup sticks. In the ashes of a devastating Sierra fire, a flower farm blooms 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z It’s home to Tenzen Cabins + Springs, where you’ll find six cabins nestled along the outer edge of 100 acres of land filled with native fir, hemlock and oak trees. 5 stops to make to connect with nature in the Columbia River Gorge 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z Lucy Kerhoulas, an associate professor of forest physiology at California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt, described monument trees like redwoods, spruces and Douglas firs as competing in “an arms race for light.” Thinking of Visiting the World’s Tallest Tree? Think Again. 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z There are now more fire intolerant shrubs and tree species, such as white firs, at lower elevations. Why Does the American West Have So Many Wildfires? 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z Eight bedrooms, eight baths, dining room, great room, stone fireplace, fir flooring, beamed ceilings, stained glass. Voters not enthused by ‘retread’ candidates 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z Douglas firs: This 500-year-old tree in California has a story to tell. Do Californians Want Mask Mandates to Come Back? 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z The Gorge has something to offer thrill seekers, too: Fly high above a rainforest canopy of Douglas firs at Skamania Lodge’s zip line tour. 5 stops to make to connect with nature in the Columbia River Gorge 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z Gymnosperms bear their seeds inside cones and include pine, spruce, and fir trees. Miller & Levine Biology 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z White firs have needles running up their trunks that serve as ladders up to the canopy, creating crown fires that are the hardest to contain and most deadly for trees. Why Does the American West Have So Many Wildfires? 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z Cinching himself up the fir with a harness, rope and animal-handler net, Otto talked to Iris, calming her as he approached the limb on which she was perched, still crying for assistance. Kitty up a tree? Come along as ‘Canopy Cat Rescue’ rescues them across Western WA 2022-07-16T04:00:00Z These are evergreen coniferous trees like pines, spruce, and fir, which retain their needle-shaped leaves year-round. Environmental Biology 2018-09-06T00:00:00Z Sagebrush gives away to lonely Ponderosa pine forests, then firs, at the remote Disautel Pass at around 3,500 feet, where clouds may still gather, even on otherwise sunny days. Washington state’s best prehistoric road trip through time | Provided by Western Washington Toyota Dealers 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z The site at Northeast 130th Street is hemmed in by Interstate 5, wooded Northacres Park, a golf course and blocks of quiet single-family homes with more Douglas firs than sidewalks. With no plans yet to boost ridership, Sound Transit bets on isolated North Seattle station site 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z “We have fir floors everywhere. I knew I shouldn’t have wood floors in my bathroom, but I wanted that look — tiles that look like wood.” How to get your head (and wallet) around a bathroom remodel | Produced by Seattle Times Marketing 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z A few years back, a cat named Slint evaded rescue by jumping between three or four trees in a stand of Douglas firs as Otto tried to reach him. Kitty up a tree? Come along as ‘Canopy Cat Rescue’ rescues them across Western WA 2022-07-16T04:00:00Z The fire killed thousands of trees including Douglas firs. Portions of fire-scarred Big Basin Redwoods State Park will reopen this month 2022-07-02T04:00:00Z That means fewer conifer trees such as pines, cedars and firs in California, and more grasses and shrubs that are attuned to the drier conditions, especially at lower elevations. Extreme heat, drought will permanently scar California and its social fabric 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z Under the previous rule, forest managers complained that it was difficult to remove fire-prone species like Grand fir and White fir that grow quickly. A timber sale in Oregon tests Biden’s pledge to protect older trees 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z Three bedrooms, one bath, 360-degree views, upgraded and renovated throughout, Douglas fir interior, circular central great room, two adjoining wings; 1,350 square feet. How to solve the gas crisis, Saudi trip or not 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z “We’re not looking to take every grand fir and white fir out of the forests.” Conservation groups sue feds to protect some Pacific Northwest old-growth forests 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z It is the final stop on a journey of thousands of miles, as the butterflies travel from their North American breeding grounds to their winter colonies, where they blanket fir trees. Summer Monarch Populations Are Steady Despite Winter Declines, Study Finds 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z Right after Mount Rainier’s Chinook Pass opens along the mountain’s eastern flank, he rides SR-410 across the central Cascades, inhaling fresh mountain air filled with fir and tree growth. 5 scenic motorcycle rides perfect for summertime in the Pacific Northwest | Provided by Snoqualmie Casino 2022-06-06T04:00:00Z The blaze burned for two weeks, destroying about 9,000 acres, much of it old-growth firs, in the Warner Creek watershed. The Rise and Fall of America’s Environmentalist Underground 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z KingGeorge isn’t entirely sure why hemlock — as opposed to cedar or fir or any other species — is the state’s official tree. The stories behind Washington’s official state symbols 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z Central to the area is a placid pond and plenty of places to sit and meditate among the cedars and firs. Stay off the beaten path this summer at these 8 unique Pacific Northwest locales 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z Q: I have three Douglas fir trees in my yard that produce a lot of debris. Should I prune a damaged rosemary plant to encourage new growth? 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z Our cul-de-sac had two years of compressed fir needles and cones. Rant and Rave: Reader shouts out King County road workers 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z For Douglas fir stands, it could take 100 years. Biden forest plan stirs dispute over what counts as ‘old’ 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z “When I first moved here in 1999, I didn’t know a soul,” Rowan said as we wound our way up the trail through stands of young Douglas fir trees. Seattle-area LGBTQ+ outdoors club OutVentures has offered camping, community for decades 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z More than 260 homes have burned and more evacuations were prompted over the weekend as the blaze moved through dry — and in some cases dead — stands of pine and fir trees. New Mexico marks record with massive wildfire 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z Charred Douglas firs loomed above grasses and fireweed. A megafire raged for 3 months. No one’s on the hook for its emissions. At its peak, it measures close to 7,000 feet: Rocky terrain and tall fir trees give way to lush valleys punctuated by gardens, wooden houses and grazing sheep. On Switzerland’s Mount Pilatus, a Writer Remembers 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z Nearly 40 years later, I held this T-shirt and thought of my dad wearing it, still in his 20s, running up and down the Oregon hills, passing through the raggedy shade of Douglas fir trees. I’ve Always Struggled With My Weight. Losing It Didn’t Mean Winning. 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z Without fire, the forest has become more Douglas fir heavy, to the detriment of the ponderosas and the natural ecology of the area. Fighting fire with fire: WA resuming prescribed burns on public lands 2022-05-08T04:00:00Z The team plans to continue to monitor the growth of the pines and firs that were planted into the spring and summer to see if the seeds will germinate and “take” in the soil. Drones are setting down roots in wildfire-scarred landscapes 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z On a hill across the lake, rows of Douglas firs — the backdrop of treasured memories with his eight grandchildren — now stood like blackened telephone poles. A megafire raged for 3 months. No one’s on the hook for its emissions. Miles of family-friendly trails surround the fort, taking visitors through towering firs and unfurling ferns. Seaside is for fun like you remember | Provided by City of Seaside Visitors Bureau 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z “No lightning strike is worth your life,” says Bry, who sets up two pairs of stereo microphones under fir trees 75 feet from his house. How to Record Thunderstorms 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z At about 144 years old and 190 feet high, this Douglas fir sized up as prime timber on state lands that normally could be cut and sold for lumber. WA to preserve 10,000 acres of trees to sell as carbon credits to polluters 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z The Dalmatian coast where grapes and olives are grown produces wine and oil, while Istria and Salvonia are heavily forested with fir and oak trees. Dust off that European vacation bucket list | Provided by Condor 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z Approached from the end of a long driveway off a steep, winding road, it resembles a pavilion clad entirely in rich, dark Douglas fir. Anaïs Nin’s Los Angeles Hideaway Still Keeps Her Secrets 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z The green carpet in our forests is often just a backdrop to more dramatic scenery — a towering Douglas fir, a peekaboo view of alpine peaks — so this walk centers moss the star of the show. Experience Moss Madness on the Oxbow Loop Trail along the Middle Fork Snoqualmie River 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z Logging has damaged the pine and fir forests where the butterflies spend the winter after migrating from the United States and Canada. Journalist killed in Mexico, eighth so far this year 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z But under a new policy announced Wednesday by Hilary Franz, Washington Commissioner of Public Lands, this fir will instead be preserved, as part of the state’s new, 10,000 acre “carbon reserve.” WA to preserve 10,000 acres of trees to sell as carbon credits to polluters 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z In research published in the New Phytologist in 2016, Simard and her collaborators demonstrated carbon transfer — crucial food — was three to four times greater in kin than in nonkin pairings of Douglas fir seedlings. The marvel of old-growth forests that once cloaked the Pacific Northwest 2022-03-14T04:00:00Z Today, 99% of the old-growth Douglas fir on Vancouver Island has been cut, according to the Ancient Forest Alliance, a nonprofit dedicated to preserving old growth. The Pacheedaht people finally started making money from Vancouver Island timber. Then the protesters arrived. 2022-03-13T05:00:00Z The scientists studied data compiled over decades by hundreds of other researchers, who extracted wood cores by boring into long-lived trees such as Douglas firs, piñon pines, ponderosa pines and blue oaks. Intensified by climate change, Western megadrought is worst in 1,200 years, study finds 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z Subalpine firs adapted to Washington’s mountains have much more empty space under their bud scales than subalpine firs in Southern California, presumably to accommodate more ice, Hinckley points out. Why does snow glow blue? How could a fly possibly survive high-elevation elements? Join us for an exploration of Washington’s winter wonders. 2022-01-30T05:00:00Z Young mountain hemlocks bent into curlicues under the weight of the snow, while ranks of subalpine firs formed white-on-white tableaux against ridges wreathed in drifts. Washington’s winter landscape — this winter, anyway — comes with its own obstacle course 2022-01-30T05:00:00Z There also is a mosaic of species: firs, cedar, hemlock, spruce. The marvel of old-growth forests that once cloaked the Pacific Northwest 2022-03-14T04:00:00Z |
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