Oregon forestry officials have collected over 900,000 seeds from a native tree species, in an effort to protect against an invasive insect. After collection, Emerald Ash seeds can last 60 to 70 years ...

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Working with the help of a federal grant from the USDA Forest Service, the Oregon Department of Forestry has been gathering seeds from Oregon ash trees from throughout the state.

Looking up at an ash tree's leaves and branches. - La fotisto/Shutterstock Sprays of white blossoms in spring, dappled shade in summer, blazing foliage in fall, and an animal habitat year-round -- ...

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – Oregon Department of Forestry staff recently completed an unprecedented effort to collect seeds from populations of Oregon ash (Fraxinus latifolia) trees throughout the Oregon ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) —State forestry crews are moving fast to harvest the seeds of Oregon ash trees before the arrival of incoming invasive pests, which could eventually wipe out the native species ...

Somewhere in Oregon — it's hoped — there is an ash tree genetically inclined to survive a looming existential threat. It would look just like any other Oregon ash, a species now at risk of functional ...

AMES, Iowa - Mark Widrlechner may someday be known as the modern-day Johnny Appleseed for ash trees. As the devastating insect emerald ash borer is working its way across North America destroying ...

SALEM — Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) staff has completed what officials are calling an unprecedented effort to collect seeds from populations of Oregon ash (Fraxinus latifolia) trees throughout ...

An invasive insect has laid waste to an estimated 100 million ash trees across the U.S. Now Oregon foresters are taking pre-emptive steps to limit the bug’s impact. The emerald ash borer is a metallic ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – The Oregon Department of Forestry spent three years collecting more than 900,000 seeds from populations of Oregon ash trees throughout the state. The ODF employees completed ...

Cornell is at the forefront of determining how "invisibility cloaks" and walls of protection may give ash trees hope of revival.