Yellow cedar rejected for threatened species listing

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An iconic Alaska tree with roots that can freeze to death if not covered by snow was rejected Friday by a federal agency for the threatened species list.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said that yellow cedar does not warrant additional protections because trees will persist in areas where climate change does not affect the trees.
Warming affects trees in less than 6 percent of yellow cedar range that stretches along the Pacific Coast from northern California to