JUNEAU — One of these Alaska tree saplings ... comprised of green scales. Young yellow cedars like this one droop more than the common conifers, Sitka spruce and western hemlock.

Traditionally, Alaska Native people used the bark from yellow cedar to weave blankets ... And it was made out of spruce it didn’t last very long,” Price said. “But when it was carved out ...

The first is the proliferation of yellow jackets and wasps, and the second is the still-increasing number of beetle-killed spruce trees ... non-native trees to Alaska and urge you to adopt ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — U.S. Forest Service ... The slow-growing yellow cedar has trouble competing with western hemlock or Sitka spruce on well-drained, nutrient-rich soils. However, it has found ...

As the wind picks up, an ominous yellow cloud lifts from the trees ... Asthma and Immunology Center of Alaska says that spruce pollen can be an irritant in the same way that road dust is, but ...

Spruce are a keystone of one of ... particularly in the north.” In southeast Alaska, for example, warmer winters are killing yellow cedar trees, whose shallow roots require snowpack to insulate ...

TONGASS NATIONAL FOREST, Alaska — The Sitka spruce soaring more than 180 feet ... lilies — their bright-green pistils and mustard-yellow stamens peeking out from the rich brown petals ...