JUNEAU — One of these Alaska tree saplings is not like the others. Each one of its needle-covered branches resembles a feather, each feather comprised of green scales. Young yellow cedars like ...

If listed, yellow cedar would be the first Alaska tree species, and only the second plant in the state, protected by the Endangered Species Act. Yellow cedars (Calliptropsis nootkatensis) are killed ...

However, now both of these tree species are taking over! ... The soil Alaska trees grow in is very young. It doesn’t hold a lot of nutrients for tree roots and it’s cold.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — An iconic Alaska tree with roots that can freeze to death if not covered by snow was rejected Friday by a federal agency for the threatened species list. The US Fish and ...

Reporting from Seattle — The Alaska yellow cedar edged one step closer to being listed as a threatened or endangered species after the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that the tree may ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska— Conservation groups filed a formal petition today to protect yellow cedar trees under the Endangered Species Act because of ongoing threats from climate change and logging. Vast ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - An iconic Alaska tree that is dying off from rising forest temperatures and diminished winter snowpack was deemed ineligible by U.S. wildlife officials on Friday for ...

An iconic Alaska tree that is dying off from rising forest temperatures and diminished winter snowpack was deemed ineligible by U.S. wildlife officials on Friday for special protection under the U ...