Of Washington's 22 million forested acres, the Department of Natural Resources manages about 3 million acres of state land.

SEATTLE — The fight to save Luma the Cedar and Doug the Fir has opened up a wider conversation about how property owners/developers are able to obtain permits to cut down trees in Seattle. Activists ...

SEATTLE — Demonstrators working to preserve a 200-year-old tree in Wedgwoodbrought their concerns directly to the Seattle City Council. A city council member now estimates they have a couple more ...

New rules intended to protect Seattle’s tree canopy will go into effect next month, requiring private tree service providers to register with the city and post public notices before major tree pruning ...

Seattle City Light's tree-trimming program, criticized alternately as lethargic and inept, and the agency's unwillingness to enlist private tree-clearing companies after the storm are being blamed by ...

Basil Camu is on a mission to save trees, even the dying ones. His unconventional approach: let it be. It’s one of the costliest actions we take in managing our landscapes — in terms of dollars and ...

On Tuesday, a 60-foot cedar tree in West Seattle was cut down to make way for a six-home development project, despite being designated by the city as "protected" from home demolition. Local ...

SEATTLE — Luma the cedar tree will keep growing. Seattle Councilmember Alex Pedersen announced an agreement that will save the cedar tree in the Wedgwood neighborhood. The agreement comes after ...

A massive red cedar tree in Seattle’s Wedgwood neighborhood remains standing Thursday morning as a home-building contractor scrambles to find another tree-service company willing to cut it down. That ...

A Seattle tree ordinance passed earlier this year has frustrated some tree advocates in the city. Onlookers say developers played too big a role in helping craft the policy. The city’s own Urban ...