Deep inside a forest in Oregon’s Willamette Valley stands a dead "Tree of Life." Its foliage, normally soft and green, is tough and brown or missing altogether. Nonetheless, the tree’s reddish bark, ...

EASTERN UPPER PENINSULA — A new Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians law aims to protect culturally significant white cedar trees. Earlier this month, the Sault Tribe announced an update to the ...

Its foliage, normally soft and green, is tough and brown or missing altogether. Nonetheless, the tree’s reddish bark, swooping branches and thick, conical base identify it as the Pacific Northwest’s ...

As native trees in the Pacific Northwest die off due to climate changes, the U.S. Forest Service, Portland, Oregon and citizen groups around Puget Sound are turning to a deceptively simple climate ...

CANTON, Okla. — There is simply too much red cedar. Eastern red cedar creates a fire danger and robs the land of a commodity becoming more and more scarce in these times of drought: water. Research by ...

‘Assisted migration’ means humans can help trees keep up with climate change by moving them to more favorable ecosystems faster than the trees could migrate on their own Douglas fir trees that died as ...

Pests are ravaging keystone species like ash, elm, and beech. But researchers are breeding the survivors into more resilient populations. Port Orford cedar trees in Redwood National Park that were ...

A critically endangered Mulanje cedar has been airlifted to Tresco as part of an ambitious effort to restore the island’s woodlands.