For Ed Carriere, the new exhibit “Cedar and Sea” at the Columbia River Maritime Museum is a chance to share the story of a craft, which is also the story of a tree. The Suquamish tribal elder from ...

Plants with evergreen small, hairy and rough leaves are especially good at trapping pollution. For example, Thuja plicata (Western red cedar); Taxus baccata (English yew); and species of Cotoneaster.