A Sitka spruce from the Tongass National Forest was harvested this weekend and is on its way to become the nation's Capitol ...

Here's what you should know about this year's Capitol Christmas Tree — and how the tree will be kept alive during its travels ...

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These big trees, in their roots, needles and branches, hold more carbon longer than any young plantation. They are world ...

Lynden Transport drivers Fred Austin and John Schank were chosen to make the cross-country haul, delivering the tree to the ...

The 2024 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree will be making a stop in Ketchikan on Oct. 30 while on its 4,000-mile "whistlestop" tour ...

The 2024 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree Whistlestop Tour will start in Alaska and make two whistle-stops in Colorado.

The U.S. Capitol Christmas tree will make a stop in Loveland on Veterans Day as it makes a 4,000-mile journey from Alaska to ...

Sounds of punching clay on a table filled the air in the Wrangell District's National Forest office garage. Between throwing ...

“We’re honored that the U.S. Capitol Christmas tree will visit Fort Wayne on its 54th journey to Washington, D.C.,” Rudy ...

D.C. The 74-foot Sitka spruce will be harvested from the Tongass National Forest in late October. The tree will be delivered to the U.S. Capitol's West Lawn on Nov. 22. A 4,000-mile journey will ...

This year’s Capitol Christmas Tree is an 80-foot Sitka spruce from the Tongass National Forest of Alaska. After it’s cut, it will be moved by barge to Seattle, using Lynden Transport’s ...