There are so many ways to explore Oregon’s backroads and byways for a quiet, unhurried slice of life at this time of year. Take a deep breath and savor the quiet times along the Trees to Sea ...

Oregon ash trees are in “extreme danger” of going ... To report possible sightings of emerald ash borer, call the Oregon Invasive Species Hotline at 1-866-INVADER, or visit ...

The people who know the trees best say there are many signs of problems in Oregon. “We’re seeing forms of stress in all of our species of trees,” said Christine Buhl, a forest entomologist ...

Now it’s killing ash trees in Oregon, which don’t have any defenses against this invader. “They’re basically sitting ducks,” said Wyatt Williams, an invasive species specialist for the ...

Ash trees are typically the ones you’ll find ... It could mean a very difficult next few years in the state for a variety of species. Oregon biologists had been fearing the moment of finding ...

The USDA estimates there are 8.7 billion ash trees among 16 species in the United States — all of them are at risk. Oregon ash is the only ash species native to the Pacific Northwest ...

It’s called the emerald ash borer, a type of beetle that lays ... and visited areas in Hillsboro where ash trees are plentiful. Dr. Max Ragozzino with the Oregon Department of Agriculture ...

Years of attack by the invasive beetle species have decimated Connecticut’s population of ash trees, for example. The emerald ash borer was discovered in Oregon by Dominic Maze, an invasive ...