Atlantic White Cedar trees were once prominent on the East Coast of the United States. Previously known as green cypress, Atlantic White Cedar trees were such a presence in Delaware that they lent ...

After taking a chainsaw to 16 of the trees, Jonathan Jacoby listed his home on the market, “boldly boasting its ‘sweeping ...

An Atlantic white cedar with a 38-inch diameter at breast height, located west of Milton, has been declared the biggest of its kind in Delaware. The discovery is cause to celebrate because it ...

NJ Spotlight News NJDEP Invests in Atlantic White Cedar Trees April 25, 2022 The once lush Atlantic white cedar forests along New Jersey’s coastline are now pale in color — and barely surviving.

The issue is not limited to New Jersey: the Atlantic cedar tree is found along the Mid-Atlantic coast and the ghost forest phenomenon is affecting the entirety of the cedar range equally.

Humans have been harvesting Atlantic white cedar trees since the 17 th century – the wood is highly sought after for its durability, quality, and lightweight.

New Jersey plans to restore vast tracts of a coastal tree species threatened by climate change, and will pay for it with money from polluters of groundwater.

The New Jersey Forest Service is about halfway through a 10-year plan to restore the state’s Atlantic white cedar forest. Cedar forests are native to the East Coast, but New Jersey is considered ...

A cedar tree climbed by The Beatles, an oak that may have inspired Virginia Woolf, and a lime representing peace in Northern ...

The discovery is cause to celebrate because it speaks to the health of the swamp the tree is living in. Atlantic white cedar wetlands are a "globally threatened ecosystem," according to The Nature ...

New Jersey once had about 115,000 acres of Atlantic White Cedar trees, which grow in dense dark groves of mucky soils, with mosses and rare plants within specialized freshwater wetland growth ...

The once lush Atlantic white cedar forests along New Jersey’s coastline are now pale in color— and barely surviving.