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 ...
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 ...
Seattle Times

Neighbors mourn Wedgwood’s massive Western red cedar, set to be cut down

On a residential street in Seattle’s Wedgwood neighborhood, a couple of miles north of the University of Washington, a massive, two-trunked tree towers over an empty lot. The Western red cedar’s two ...
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 ...
abc27

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

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SEATTLE (AP) — With ropes, a harness, a ...