Arturo Garcia of the California Conservation Corps plants sugar pine seedlings as part of the “assisted regeneration” of the trees near Lake Tahoe. Species have been evolving for millions of years, we’ve just hastened the pace with climatic change and drought,” Maloney explained. AdvertisementBy the time planting began in early November, the sugar pine seedlings were about a year-and-a-half old and less than a foot tall. A member of the California Conservation Corps plants sugar pine seedlings. Loggers cut down so many sugar pines, Maloney’s research has found, that in some locations their genetic diversity suffers to this day.

Source: Los Angeles Times November 18, 2019 12:56 UTC