160 years ago a giant sequoia in California was cut down, becoming the inspiration for the national park systemToday marks the 160th anniversary of a seminal, but largely forgotten moment in the history of the conservation movement.On Monday, 27 June, 1853, a giant sequoia - one of the natural world's most awe-inspiring sights - was brought to the ground by a band of gold-rush speculators in Calaveras county, California. It had taken the men three weeks to cut through the base of the 300ft-tall, 1,244-year-old tree, but finally it fell to the forest floor. Continue reading...
How a giant tree's death sparked the conservation movement 160 years ago | Leo Hickman
27. června 2013 23:00
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Celý článek: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/blog/2013/jun/27/giant-tree-death-conservation-movement
Zdroj: The Guardian
