Every fall, Washington’s larch trees transform from green to golden yellow before shedding their needles, creating a short-lived but spectacular display. The Enchantments in the Alpine Lakes ...

Tamarack (Larix laricina) is also commonly called eastern larch. Western larch (Larix occidentalis) also called tamarack. Although larch and tamarack are different species, they are in the same genus ...

On the hillside across from Alparon Park in Troy, there is a stand of evergreen trees that appear as if they have died. Through the years I been asked why this stand of trees died. My answer is they ...

DUFUR, Ore. (KTVZ) -- As new fires break out across Oregon, ones that began several days ago near full containment, including the more than 18,000-acre Larch Creek Fire in Wasco County, now 81% ...

Almost naked last week, the larch still held enough color to stand out in the crowd of evergreens. Clusters of green needle-shaped leaves emerged during spring like a feathery fleece on the tree’s ...

Staff at Larch Corrections Center will hold a town hall Thursday evening in Battle Ground as part of their efforts to keep the facility open. The Washington Department of Corrections announced June 26 ...

In the pre-gloom season just before fall storms roll in, the "Golden Week" of early October is an unsurpassed time to hike in Washington's Cascades. The supreme experience is to watch Lyall's larch ...

Washington's Mount Adams is visible below a layer of smoke from the Dollar Lake wildfire as seen from Sherrard Point on Larch Mountain, Ore., on Sept. 6, 2011. (Don Ryan/AP/2011) Portland is on a ...

BATTLE GROUND — Larch Corrections Center staff highlighted the facility’s education and work programs — most notably, its partnership with the Department of Natural Resources to fight wildfires — ...

Ms. Smith writes about rural Britain. She wrote from Dunkeld, Scotland. As trees go, it wasn’t that impressive. Its branches were a little crooked, one stuck out at a right angle like a broken arm, ...