Willamette University’s OakFest, a series of free events Oct. 1-4 celebrating Oregon white oaks, takes place on the Salem campus and a city park as well as a tribal native plant nursery and a vineyard ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Mediterranean oak borer, an invasive beetle known to transmit a sometimes fatal fungus to Oregon white oak trees, has been ...

The Jane Goodall Environmental Middle School held a memorial tree planting ceremony Nov. 25 in honor of their namesake. The public charter school, often shortened to JGEMS and pronounced Jay-gems, is ...

Majestic oak trees have been capturing attention long before travelers on the Oregon Trail stopped their wagons and set up their new life. Indigenous people nurtured oaks for edible acorns, and ...

Oregon white oak is one of just three oak species native to Oregon and the primary type of oak found in the Willamette Valley. Today, 90% of white oak habitat has been lost because of development and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A young buck paws at the ground and feeds on acorns. Few average Joes can correctly identify every species of oak growing in North ...

The Mediterranean oak borer, an invasive beetle known to transmit a sometimes fatal fungus to Oregon white oak trees, has been found in Marion and Polk counties. Summer trappings also showed that the ...