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The Grand Tree Project — to protect, propagate and plant a living legacy of our oldest living residents.
These
great green giants had the genetic wisdom and good luck to survive and
thrive recent centuries of industrialization, development, deforestation,
devastation, windstorms, and hurricanes. They are the hardiest, sturdiest,
most resistant, best bred, best fed, and luckiest of their family and
species. They are the gold medalist among their kind.
These majestic specimens are rare, unique and precious natural resources. At the very least, a magnificent Champion Tree inspires awe. And they may just be essential to the health of Earth's ecosystems, the biodiversity of all species, and invaluable to the well-being of future generations of humans. In the new millennium's confrontation with global warming and climate change, trees are among our best, most essential allies to assure a healthy and habitable planet for future generations. Yet, we are losing these great green giant beings. As many as a dozen a year succumb to wind, fire, development, pollution, insects, disease, chainsaws, vandalism, and other calamities. These irreplaceable natural resources are vanishing: today's champions are smaller than those of earlier centuries. |
