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.
We are honored to have such a supportive article written about our recent efforts by the blog, Out of the Fog: Emerging Science from California’s Central Coast.
Here’s a really great talk with host and biology professor Randall Hayes on his podcast, Variation Inheritance Selection (VSI) with Archangel’s David Milarch and science author Jim Robbins. They discuss in depth the peril our forests are under and what is being done to help them to thrive again.
The Weather Channel has been following our efforts at Archangel. Reporter Terrell Johnson interviewed David Milarch for this fact-filled story about the motivation behind saving these great old trees. It’s a story about beginnings, urgency, and practicality.
In a nationally broadcast NPR show today, Here & Now, host Robin Young called our David Milarch a “modern-day Johnny Appleseed.”