Hundreds of thousands of Washington state’s trees are dead or dying – what’s killing them?

The DNR cites several factors for the state’s dead or dying tree acreage that equates to more than 500,000 football fields.

SEATTLE — Trees upon towering trees make up what Washingtonians know to be one of the most stunning landscapes in the nation.

In Shoreline, a towering fir tree was cut down.

While beautiful at one time, it’s like millions of other trees in the state.

It’s dead, unstable, and dangerous. This is a scene playing out across Washington as the state grapples with an unprecedented forest health crisis.

“A dead tree is a dangerous tree—that’s just common sense,” says

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