Western Redcedar Dieback Project
This interesting project could be one our Biota of Marrowstone Island membership might like to contribute. The link for the project is: https://foresthealth.org/ The iNat link is: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/western-redcedar-dieback-map It is being managed by @jmhulbert Joey manages quite a few projects. You can see those projects by going to his profile.
Western Redcedars seem so ubiquitous, there doesn't seem to be of much interest in posting observations of it. To date, the most observed species for the island is the Bald Eagle with 97 observations. For comparison, we have a total of 9 Western Redcedars observed. I think we have a few more cedars than eagles, so let us adjust our focus to that of being a value to citizen science instead of going for the glam critters. Let's help Joey out with his project. It is a "traditional project", so it might be best to join the project in order to facilitate adding your data.
Please note when submitting the field information about your observation, we see a normal shedding of cedar foliage this time of year. This is a normal and not a sign of disease. Go to the above links to learn what a diseased tree exhibits.
Thanks for reading,
Kurt
