filberts

Thousands of blight-infected filbert trees were painstakingly replaced last month at Dorris Ranch in Springfield. Recently, park rangers discovered someone—or something—uprooted and destroyed a large section of saplings.

The final phase of filbert tree removal and replacement begins at the historic Dorris Ranch in Springfield. It’s part of the ongoing effort to protect the orchards from a deadly fungus.

Hazelnut planting is booming in the Willamette Valley. Our volcanic, fertile soil already produces nearly the entire U.S. crop. Still, growers and…