Climate change causing PNW's iconic western redcedars to die

To many Indigenous peoples, who used the trees for houses, clothes, weapons, tools, medicines, art and canoes, they’re know as the Tree of Life.

Western redcedar die-off in Seattle Parks - Green Seattle Partnership

Western red cedars die off as extended dry spells continue, say experts

Climate change causing PNW's iconic western redcedars to die

Thuja plicata (western redcedar)

Frontiers Contrasting Impacts of Climate Warming on Coastal Old-Growth Tree Species Reveal an Early Warning of Forest Decline

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January, 2014

New study sounds alarm, provides hope for Western red cedars • Oregon Capital Chronicle

January, 2014

Canary in the Forest? – Tree mortality and canopy dieback of western redcedar linked to drier and warmer summer conditions