Sitka spruce from Tongass National Forest begins 4,000-mile journey to become nation’s Capitol Christmas Tree
A Sitka spruce from the Tongass National Forest was harvested this weekend and is on its way to become the nation's Capitol ...
A company with Lynden roots once again was selected to deliver the Capitol Christmas tree
Lynden Transport drivers Fred Austin and John Schank were chosen to make the cross-country haul, delivering the tree to the ...
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A company with Lynden roots once again was selected to deliver the Capitol Christmas tree
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 ...
Washington state's older forests capture carbon better than nearly any other
They tower and drip, their curtains of moss damp in windblown fog: rainforests of the Pacific Northwest, unique in all the ...
One of the nation's biggest Christmas trees is coming to Colorado
The 2024 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree Whistlestop Tour will start in Alaska and make two whistle-stops in Colorado.
WA’s older forests capture carbon better than nearly any other
These big trees, in their roots, needles and branches, hold more carbon longer than any young plantation. They are world ...
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U.S. Capitol Christmas tree stopping in Loveland on Nov. 11
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 ...
U.S. Capitol Christmas tree to make stop at Omaha's Gene Leahy Mall
The 74-foot-tall Sitka spruce tree will stop at the Gene Leahy Mall on Nov. 13 as it makes its way to the U.S. Capitol’s west ...
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WA forests: champion fighters of climate change
Just inland from the Pacific Northwest’s rainforest drip line, with more than 10 feet of rain a year, are the forests ...
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Washington state’s older forests capture carbon better than nearly any other
The Quinault’s Giant Sitka Spruce, the reigning global champ ... according to a 2011 study by the U.S. Forest Service. The moist forests of the Pacific Coast are the most carbon dense in ...
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One of the nation's biggest Christmas trees is coming to Colorado
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 ...