This build and ride series has been nuts. I never thought it would become such a challenging and confusing.The quest to ride ...

Roughly half a dozen times each season, Joey Webber will pack his chainsaw into a trailer and drive to the thickly forested outskirts of the Portland area to bring back a 12-foot cut of Douglas Fir.

(I remember reading somewhere that Allen Farrell only burned small pieces of beachcombed Douglas-fir bark on his boat and couldn’t figure out why not everyone did the same.) In the case of Douglas-fir ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — The Portland Trail Blazers new Bigfoot mascot, 'Douglas Fur,' has received mixed reviews from Portlanders after his big reveal during Tuesday night's game at the Moda Center.

From beneath an orange hardhat, the logger stares up at a conifer spire. The Douglas fir reaches more than 100 feet into the sky. It is as wide and hardy as he is and has been on this land nearly ...

Brent Comber's Shattered Furniture is a series of coffee tables made from cast-off scraps of Douglas Fir wood assembled into a coherent, unified rectangular block. Eco-friendly, original and ...

After spending the past seven months on a tour of the United States, "Doug" has come home to winter in Missoula. The wooden round came from the stump of a 210-foot-tall, 420-year-old Douglas fir ...

Portland Trail Blazers new mascot Douglas Fur is introduced during a timeout in the second half of the team's NBA basketball game against the New York Knicks in Portland, Ore., Tuesday, March 14 ...

It was a good match. The upper half of a replica 14-foot-diameter water wheel was lowered precisely into place – all 3,000 pounds of rough-hewn Douglas fir and heavy steel hubs – so that nuts ...

The Portland Trail Blazers’ new mascot, Douglas Fur, walks onto the court during the second half of the team’s NBA basketball game against the New York Knicks in Portland, Ore., Tuesday, March ...

Move over, Blaze the Trail Cat! Welcome to Portland, Douglas Fur! The Portland Trail Blazers announced a new mascot to pair with Blaze, their existing, somewhat-confusing mountain lion mascot.

Douglas Fur is described by the team as bigfoot in "true hipster outdoor attire." The new mascot sports a plaid shirt and a Trail Blazers beanie to blend in with the local community.