The US Forest Service has pegged the value of poached wood from its land at $100 million annually. Tree poachers known as Redwood Bandits are wreaking havoc in the West — and they're almost ...

As trees grow larger, their heartwood proportion increases and eventually accounts for most of the biomass. Heartwood decay ...

Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) is a wonderful evergreen species, with mature trees commonly reaching 300 feet high and 12 feet in diameter. (Giant sequoia is even larger and is a different species.) ...

J.daniel.barker / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 3.0. This particular tree is estimated to be over 700 years old. The largest volume, single-stem redwood tree was found in Redwood National Park in 2014 ...

Dive into the world of expert wood cutting as we tackle the mighty redwood, one of the tallest and heaviest trees in the world. Watch skilled professionals use sharp and smart cuts to bring down ...

“It provided large wood so when the trees fall and die they go into the stream and slow it down to create meanders and fish habitat.” Redwood logging these days is a far cry from what it was.

Burls are bark-covered growths that can protrude from a tree’s trunk. They contain unsprouted bud tissue, and produce a wood that’s valued for its unique grain and smooth workability. Wolfgang ...

The Creative Process Behind Red Wood Tree Sculptures. Posted: February 19, 2025 | Last updated: February 19, 2025. Step into the world of wood sculpture as rare redwood tree trunks are transformed ...

The 60-year-old dawn redwood tree at Baltimore’s Cylburn Arboretum was among the trees struck. “The tree literally exploded throwing wood and branches all over the lawn,” Cylburn Arboretum ...