Big Pine is dead; Oregon campground’s fate up in the air

GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — For many years, the Big Pine held court over hikers, hunters, scouts and tree-lovers, standing 259 feet tall, 12 miles up Taylor Creek Road in the Siskiyou National Forest. For a while it was the tallest known ponderosa pine tree in the world, and also boasted a 17-foot circumference. It […]