Another portion of the filbert orchards at Dorris Ranch in Springfield has been removed ahead of a replacement of those trees with a species more resistant to fungal infection. Dorris Ranch reopened ...

During the early half of the 1900s, the prominent tree that was planted along our streets was the American Elm (Ulmus americana ). In the 1930s, Dutch Elm Disease was introduced into our country, and ...

Last month, this column focused on the desirable characteristics of Christmas trees, one of which is good needle retention.

TACOMA – The teeth-rattling roar of a harvester is shattering the peace at Filbert Acres in Puyallup. The commotion erupts from a “hazelnut picker” that farmer Jonathan Nichols pulls through the rows ...

TROY, N.Y. >> The Capital Roots and Urban Forestry Advisory Board, along with Mayor Patrick Madden, planted a Turkish Filbert tree on Federal Street in Troy on Friday morning to highlight the ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ore. — For more than a decade, since the black spots first began appearing on the branches of the filbert trees at the historic Dorris Ranch, officials at the local park district knew the ...

TACOMA — The teeth-rattling roar of a harvester is shattering the peace at Filbert Acres in Puyallup. The commotion erupts from a “hazelnut picker” that farmer Jonathan Nichols pulls through the rows ...

Even the most practical-minded, fleece-pelted Oregonian could be persuaded that filbert sounds, to be kind, a little stodgy. As names go, perhaps it's better suited to a mild-mannered, bespectacled ...