komonews

Person climbs up red cedar tree in Seattle's Wedgwood area to delay removal

SEATTLE — A massive western red cedar tree in Seattle's Wedgwood neighborhood scheduled for removal will stay put, at least for now. On Friday morning, a person climbed up into the tree in protest of ...
Yahoo

Cedar tree at center of controversy in Wedgwood back on chopping block this week

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Concerned neighbors and activists continue to protest the planned removal of a massive western red cedar in northeast Seattle. The ...
komonews

Seattle tree removal halted as activists take to the branches of a historic cedar

SEATTLE — The owner of Alex's Tree Removal LLC confirmed to KOMO News that his crew will no longer take part in the removal of a massive western red cedar in northeast Seattle. The nearly 200-year-old ...
Digital Journal

Western red cedar found in Vancouver is one of largest trees in Canada

A giant red cedar has been discovered in North Vancouver and it’s one of the largest left of its kind. One of the most massive and gnarly old-growth western redcedars in the Avatar Grove near Port ...
Newsday

Seattle climate activists roost in old cedar tree to prevent it from being cut down for new housing

SEATTLE — With ropes, a harness, a hammock and a bucket pulley system, masked activists in Seattle have taken residence in the branches of an old, thick cedar tree to prevent it from being cut down to ...
KGW8

Climate change is hastening the demise of Pacific Northwest forests

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 ...