Behind-the-Scenes at the Archangel Education Experience
Wow! What a terrific news story about our newest initiative – the Archangel Experience, a kick-off event announcing our new education programs!
Archangel Successfully Clones John Muir’s Giant Sequoia
Archangel Ancient Tree Archive has successfully cloned John Muir’s beloved giant sequoia. Approximately 400 cuttings from the original tree were sent to Archangel Ancient Tree Archive in April 2013. Since then, the staff has been hard at work trying to save this living connection to John Muir.
John Muir Sequoia Cloned by Archangel
Archangel has been tapped to propagate a tree planted in about 1898 by naturalist John Muir in order to save its genetics. The Giant Sequoia, like so many in the San Francisco Bay area, has been afflicted with a vascular fungus.
Roots Sprout on Our Waterfall Tree Clones
The 3,000 year old Waterfall Tree (Sequoia giganteum) is perhaps the world’s largest known single stem tree. Its trunk is 30′ in diameter at the base. In 2011, Archangel Ancient Tree Archive collected cuttings from the tree in an effort to clone this tremendous specimen. We have recently seen success in rooting these cuttings.
Co.Exist Shares Archangel’s Story
Co.Exist, a website about sharing world changing ideas and innovation, posted an article about Archangel called “An Archive Of Ancient Tree DNA Will Help Us Clone The Ones We Destroy.”