UC Davis professor Hugh Safford found the highest living tree in California on a recent hike through the High Sierra.

UC Davis Professor Hugh Safford was hiking for pleasure in California's High Sierra when he stumbled upon a new elevation ...

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A professor's casual hike in the High Sierra turned into a new elevation record for California's highest tree, the Jeffrey pine, which wasn't formerly known to grow at extreme elevations.

The Jeffrey pine, one of the iconic trees of the Sierra Nevada, appears to have eclipsed other pines to become the ...

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Changing the definition of “harm” in the Endangered Species Act, as the Trump administration proposes, could overhaul the ESA ...

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