LATAH COUNTY, Idaho — Level 2 (Get Set!) Evacuations have been ordered for the Giant White Pine Campground and surrounding hunting camps in Latah County after a wildfire sparked in the area. The Latah ...

The eastern white pine is native to North America and can be found from Newfoundland to the Appalachian mountains. Historically, it’s been heavily logged, so old white pines are rare. But there are a ...

Outdoor Idaho takes a deep dive into the impact Idaho’s western white pine tree has had on society. The western white pine is the state tree of Idaho, and for good reason. Sitting at the crux of ...

PORTLAND, Ore.— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that the whitebark pine will be listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. The pine is the most widespread tree to ...

MARQUETTE COUNTY, MICH. -- It was after nightfall during a backpacking trip through the Upper Peninsula’s rugged McCormick Wilderness this spring when Nick Hansen first spotted the giant Eastern white ...

Western white pine, as a species, was known as king pine in the early 1900s because of its dominance on the landscape and the outsized role it played in the timber industry, writes Lewiston Tribune ...