Christmas Trees

Oregon conservation groups collect trees after Christmas each year to help salmon and steelhead.

Oregon is the Christmas tree capital of the country, producing over 3 million of the festive evergreens every year. And when Christmas tree growers have a concern with their crops of noble or Douglas firs, they call Oregon State University’s Priya Rajarapu. She’s the state’s Christmas tree specialist.

Oregon’s national forests, including the Umpqua National Forest, Willamette National Forest, and Deschutes National Forest, are offering permits to cut down holiday trees.

Christmas trees are big business out West, but a hotter climate means challenges for tree growers.

Permits to cut down your own Christmas tree in one of Oregon’s national forests are now available for purchase.Why go out in the woods when Christmas…

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Too early for holiday cheer? Not for Oregon’s 100-million dollar Christmas tree industry. November is the growers’ peak time for shipping. They’re taking…

Before you kick your dying Christmas tree to the curb, consider this: Members of the conservation group Trout Unlimited would love to turn that tree into…