Gardening: Fir-scented memories of working the Christmas tree lines

The debate between real Christmas trees and artificial ones has been going on for decades. Artificial because they are easy and reusable. Real because well, they are real and fill the house with a ...
The Santa Fe New Mexican

'So many needles falling': Santa Feans grapple with outbreak of caterpillar that defoliates trees

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Charles LaCalle, a resident of Santa Fe’s South Capitol neighborhood, labored hard hoping to rescue the fir tree ...
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The story of how a Nevada fir became the U.S. Capitol Christmas tree

As a tiny seedling began sprouting in the forest along Mount Rose Highway west of Reno, the Vietnam War was ending under President Gerald Ford, the price of gas was 53 cents per gallon and the ...
USA Today

How did the top of a 450-year-old Oregon tree catch fire?

The top of a historic tree in Oregon is on fire, and investigators are trying to figure out how it happened. The Doerner Fir, a Douglas fir tree that was believed to be about 450 years old and 325 ...
Reuters

Greek fir forests dying as heat peaks and snow cover wanes

Fir trees need cooler, wetter climates to survive Droughts linked to climate change boost pest infestations Wooded mountain slopes have seen 30-40% decrease in snowcover KALAVRYTA, Greece, July 24 ...
Tahoe Daily Tribune.com

The inside story of how a Nevada fir became the U.S. Capitol Christmas tree

As a tiny seedling began sprouting in the forest along Mount Rose Highway west of Reno, the Vietnam War was ending under President Gerald Ford, the price of gas was 53 cents per gallon and the ...