On Feb. 3, the Idaho Department of Fish and Game reported two elk calves had dropped dead in the Warm Springs part of Ketchum, Idaho. They join 19 other elk from Mapleton, Utah as the latest victims ...

The yew plants used for landscaping in the Treasure Valley are all poisonous to wildlife, people and dogs. There is a native yew, the Pacific or western yew, that is found in Washington and Valley ...

Do you have an evergreen hedge or shrub by your house foundation that looks like it’s been there since the 1950s? Or the 1920s? Probably has. It’s probably yew. Some yews, in their native habitat of ...

Pacific yew, Taxus brevifolia, is a fairly rare North American softwood tree, found in southern Alaska, British Columbia, Oregon, Washington, central California, and the western slopes of the Rockies ...

Canada yew (Taxus canadensis) is an understory shrub typically found in late successional forests. This gymnosperm is very shade tolerant and will often form dense layers near the forest floor. Canada ...