This non-native tree's more scientific name is "Tamerisk". For firefighters it's simply called a problem. "Salt Cedar is not native to Arizona" says Colin Williams of Rural Metro Fire. The massive ...

caring act for a piece of the landscape that could otherwise easily blend in with the rest of Arizona. "Scrubby is a cedar tree and no one knew his name," Ellis sings. "Till someone decorated him ...

NORTH While Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael-Jewish National Fund (KKL-JNF) is typically known for its activities planting trees in the Jewish state, once a year the organization that has been so central ...

Scrubby becomes a rock star, and for him this song I write," Ellis sings of the cedar tree ... He shared a photo with The Arizona Republic showing the tree looking sparse as of Dec.

PHOENIX — Everyone in Arizona is familiar with the wildfires ... down on the ground when a wildfire is being contained. The Cedar Fire, which has burned 67 square miles as of Thursday, is ...