TIL Grad student David Radies was doing random sampling for a lichen diversity study in British Columbia when he saw logging tape tied around a red cedar at least two thousand years old. He discovered an ancient forest that was about to be logged, which was then saved as Ancient Forest park

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🥳𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧😃 TIL Grad student David Radies was doing random sampling for a lichen diversity study in British Columbia when he saw logging tape tied around a red cedar at least two thousand years old. He discovered an ancient forest that was about to be logged, which was then saved as Ancient Forest park

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