I speak from experience when I say that it's actually fun to go into the woods, saw up fallen trees, then bring the wood home to burn over the winter. What isn't so much fun is subsequently sawing the ...

Every year, between 150 and 200 Sitka spruce logs cut from Southeast Alaska forests are barged south to a small company in Concrete, Wash., where they begin their transformation into acoustic guitars ...

Chicago’s 2025 Christmas tree, a 68-foot spruce, was cut down from the Glenview front yard of the Mason family on Nov. 3.

Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race musher Jeff King arrives under Nome's Burled Arch to finish the 2024 race in seventh place. The arch collapsed in April. (File/KNOM) A burled spruce log destined to become ...

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Farmers who grow commercial forestry are calling for the suspension of log imports from Scotland until better safeguards are in place to prevent the spread of the spruce bark beetle to this country.

Algae associated with leafy liverworts growing on decorticated red spruce (Picea rubens Sarg.) logs were investigated at study sites in the mountains of West Virginia and the Great Smoky Mountains ...