Monday, April 22, 2013

Something worth discussing

Here is welcome news about some efforts that a group of individuals from Michigan is spearheading--to recover ancient strains of tree life and begin planting new groves of these either endangered or now-lost species.

Here's the news item.

Here's the website.

Like the famous Methuselah trees, these old redwoods and other species will also help reverse the narrowing of the number of tree species commonly seen around the country, planted at the hands of developers and municipal/park system planners with good intentions but little imagination and environmental sophistication.

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