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Showing posts with label Fieldbrook Giant. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fieldbrook Giant. Show all posts

Saturday, January 11, 2020

Cloning redwoods

I saw this photo of children (and adults at the top) sitting on a redwood stump...on another blog (here). And she mentioned the original article about cloning the redwood giants...HERE.





Quoting from the article...
At 18-inches tall, the delicate sapling looks almost vulnerable as Blue Ox Millworks and Historic Park co-founder Eric Hollenbeck and Freshwater resident Steve D'Agati hold it aloft on a recent morning in front of a massive cross-section of the ancient tree from which it was cloned. 
The moment was, in many ways, a homecoming for the small sprout derived from what is believed to be one of the largest coastal redwoods to ever exist. Known as the "Fieldbrook Giant," the tree stood sentry over the North Coast from east of McKinleyville for more than 1,000 years before being cut down in 1896 as the result of what was widely believed to have been a drunken bet.

Since I don't live in California, I don't know much about this, and was quite thrilled to learn that the redwoods are having a second chance.  Check out the article to learn more.

Thanks Robin Andrea for talking about this, along with your post about music!