How billions of trees left their mark on an empire’s psyche – shaping ideological and literal battles up to the present day ...

Whitefish, a picturesque resort town in northwest Montana known for its proximity to Glacier National Park and world-class skiing, rang in the new year with the opening of a new luxury hotel. Larch ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Columbia River Gorge recreationalists, next week is your last chance to take the easy route to Larch Mountain's summit. The hikers — a 24-year-old woman and three teen boys — reported ...

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 — ...

Larch Creek Fire/Facebook Firefighter walks through area burned by Larch Creek Fire in Wasco County. Larch Creek Fire IMT Firefighters put more water on area burned by Larch Creek Fire in Wasco County ...