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This tree has lived for 13,000 years. California’s housing crisis could doom it.
Most of the tree is underground. Estimated to be 13,000 to 18,000 years old, the tree — known as the Jurupa Oak — is older than almost any other plant on Earth. It has survived an ice age and ...
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One of the world's oldest oaks is tearing a Calif. city apart
5, Jurupa Valley city council members narrowly ... since the project proposes building close to the ancient Palmer's oak, thought to be over 13,000 years old. “This is a Trojan horse, and ...
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Lawsuit Seeks Better Protections for California’s 13,000-Year-Old Oak
JURUPA VALLEY, Calif.— Conservation groups sued the city of Jurupa Valley today for approving a development near the world’s oldest known living oak without properly analyzing the potential threats.
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California City OKs Development Threatening World’s Oldest Known Living Oak
JURUPA VALLEY, Calif.— The Jurupa Valley City Council approved a development plan Thursday that would place the world’s oldest known living oak in jeopardy. The plan to build residential, industrial ...