It was way too big for the average lawn, but still, it was magnificent. The giant coastal redwood tree was 35 feet across and may have stood as high as 400 feet.
PRESIDIO OF SAN FRANCISCO, JANUARY 25, 2019 by MARITTE O’GALLAGHER Can the DNA of ancient giants save our forests? Parks invite innovation. How we steward them will affect our planet’s changing climate in some way, great or small. What better way to invest in...
BY RUSSELL MCLENDON, MOTHER NATURE NETWORK, DECEMBER 17, 2018. The clones come from trees that were larger than any alive today. A new “super grove” of endangered coast redwood trees has arisen in California, thanks to a nonprofit group that planted 75...
BY DON FORD, KPIX SAN FRANCISCO, DECEMBER 13, 2018. A scientific breakthrough is allowing scientists to bring back ancient trees once thought to be lost forever, planting the seeds for those ancient redwoods in San Francisco’s Presidio. Working with the Presidio...