Willows are the most common shrub in Alaska. Depending on which source you access, there are 170 to 400 types of willow. About 40 species occur in Alaska.

More than 50 species of willow trees thrive in Alaska. The 30-year plan from ConocoPhillips to drill in sensitive Alaskan ecosystems and near Indigenous communities threatens the ecosystem.

“When you look at pollen counts for tree pollen, low is between one and 14, moderate is between 15 and 89, high is above 90 grains per cubic meter, and we're in the 1,000s right now, so we're ...