Natural History Wanderings

NPR reports on the large die off of Fir Trees in Oregon

Preliminary figures indicate that 1.1 million acres showed fir trees with some signs of dying — almost double the previous all-time high for the state since the survey began 75 years ago. It’s led some researchers to call the season of historic die-offs as “firmageddon.”

Read story at  Megadrought in Oregon: Fir trees died off in record numbers this year : NPR