CORVALLIS — It’s the time of year when fruit trees are on the minds of beginning ... low-input orchard,” said Steve Renquist, retired Oregon State University Extension Service horticulturist.

The stats, based on the 2022 harvest of 14.5 million commercially cut Christmas trees, show that one-third of that year’s crop was harvested in Oregon. Another one-fifth or so were grown in ...

Our Community Forestry had been using $600,000 in federal grants to clear out damaged trees and replant climate-resilient ones in their place in southern Oregon.