News of Archangel Ancient Tree Archive is reaching overseas…
Here are excerpts from the 2 stories that were published in The Times:
Big-tree hunter aids project to plant world with carbon-absorbing redwoods
Rhys Blakely
The Times
Published: 25 April 2011
Big-tree hunter aids project to plant world with carbon-absorbing redwoods Ancient redwood trees cloned to absorb carbon Big-tree hunter aids project to clone and then replant giants around the world to help reduce global warming…
Project adds new branch to family tree of King Oak
Rhys Blakely
The Times
Published: 25 April 2011
The giant redwoods of California are not the only ancient trees that Archangel plans to clone and replant. This winter the organisation collected 11 genotypes of ancient oaks from Charleville, Ireland’s oldest oak forest, owned by the Hutton-Bury family, in the hope of producing genetic…
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Hi,
This sounds like a project that could really make a difference in global warming. Working in a nursery and gaining some understanding of red woods, I was hoping that you folks were actually going to plant a forest of these trees. I read you were promoting them for people to plant in yards and near streets, but I know there has to be certain conditions and next to a street was not somthing the root system would handle? But I love the idea of starting little/big forests around the country. Do you have that in your foresight? It would motivate me to donate toward that project.