These trees are the Pacific Northwest’s iconic western redcedars (Thuja plicata). To many indigenous peoples, who used the trees for houses, clothes, weapons, tools, medicines, art and canoes ...

They’ve been recorded to live for over 1,500 years. But these trees are now dying. For at least a decade, struggling and dead western redcedars have been reported throughout the Pacific Northwest.

Trees of the Pacific Northwest have been stripped of bark, planked and bent into shapes to mark important places for generations. Each tree tells a story. Skip to content. Menu.

The Pacific Northwest is facing challenges as native trees are affected by climate change. In response, the U.S. Forest Service is exploring "assisted migration" to help.

PORTLAND, Ore. — From June 25 to July 2, 2021, the Pacific Northwest experienced a record-breaking heat wave that sent the normally temperate region into Death Valley-like extremes that took a ...

Iconic red cedars — known as the “Tree of Life” — and other tree species in the Pacific Northwest are dying off, the beginning of a much larger and long-predicted ...

One of the most iconic trees of the Pacific Northwest has been showing signs of distress for years. Western redcedars are a water-loving tree, and it appears that drought and rising temperatures ...

The tips of western red cedar, hemlock and Douglas fir limbs looked as if they were scorched by passing flames just a few days after the Pacific Northwest’s 2021 extreme heat wave.

The Pacific Northwest cherry harvest is the smallest since 2008 due to a spring snowstorm that hit the cherry bloom in April, an event that has never happened before. Fox Business.

PORTLAND, Ore. — From June 25 to July 2, 2021, the Pacific Northwest experienced a record-breaking heat wave that sent the normally temperate region into Death Valley-like extremes that took a ...

The tips of Western red cedar, hemlock and Douglas fir limbs looked as if they were scorched by passing flames just a few days after the Pacific Northwest’s 2021 extreme heat wave. On June 28 ...