Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Saltcedar is one of several common names for an invasive non-native tree that ...

One of the most iconic trees of the Pacific Northwest has been showing signs of distress for years. Western redcedars are a water-loving tree, and it appears that drought and rising temperatures may ...

California officials took the unusual step Tuesday of granting temporary endangered species status to the western Joshua tree, but will allow 15 solar energy firms to raze Joshua trees that stand in ...

California lawmakers have agreed to create a conservation plan and a fund to help protect the western Joshua Tree, which faces extinction due to climate change. Conservation groups have long fought ...

One of the most massive and gnarly old-growth western redcedars in the Avatar Grove near Port Renfrew, BC is painted for falling in May 2010. Credit – TJ Watt (CC BY-SA 3.0) A pair of big-tree hunters ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California won’t be listing the iconic western Joshua tree as a threatened species for now after the four-member Fish and Game Commission couldn’t reach agreement on how best to ...

JOSHUA TREE, Calif. — State biologists on Wednesday recommended against designating the western Joshua tree as threatened with extinction, saying claims in a petition filed by environmentalists about ...

Like humans, trees need water to survive on hot, dry days, and they can survive for only short times under extreme heat and dry conditions. During prolonged droughts and extreme heat waves like the ...