Window frames and other details are done in Douglas fir, the walls in a thin veneer, “which gives a very robust surface that patinas beautifully.” Note also the wrap-around sofa and bookshelves.

shrubs and child-sized Douglas fir saplings. A sign identifies it as part of Simard’s Mother Tree Project, one of five experimental plots here in the Malcolm Knapp Research Forest, an hour east ...

resulting in a forest that is overly dense and dominated by either Douglas-fir or red alder trees.” Forest management recommends increasing forest resiliency by reducing tree density and ...