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But this is not a David Milarch storyand hell be the first one to tell you that. His vision has gone far beyond one man. Today, Archangel has volunteers all over the world, dozens of nurseries, a science advisory panel and board members who are experts in a variety of disciplinesthousands of people working to propagate our planets champion trees and fight climate change.

Were cloning the worlds oldest and largest trees that genetically have a predisposition to live several hundred or several thousand years, Milarch says. When you clone tree species state by state, country by country you start to rebuild old-growth forests. Youre bringing back that entire ecosystem.

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Archangel has cloned more than 130 different species of trees, creating living libraries of old-growth tree genetics. Currently, 15,000 redwoods, ranging in height from 4 inches to 15 feet are growing at Archangels facility in Copemish. The team in Northern Michigan has grown seedlings from the 5,000-year-old bristlecone pine Methuselah and 3,000-plus-year-old giant sequoias. (No one had ever cloned a giant sequoia over 80 years old.) In fact, when Milarch and his sons, Jared and Jake, first started talking about cloning ancient trees almost 25 years ago, the scientific community said it couldnt be done; that the trees were too old. But Archangel found a way, sending climbers to the very tops of trees and the ends of the branches to collect cuttings of new growth; places not yet reached by the hormones and chemicals that dont allow a tree to be cloned. The cuttings areshipped overnight back to Copemish and work begins the next day to clone them. When the trees are strong enough, theyre planted in native habitats across the worlda redwood grove in New Zealand, sessile and common oaks in Irelandthe list goes on and on.

Reestablishing our old-growth forests by utilizing genetics of the strongest, oldest treesthats what Archangel is all about, Milarch says. Its a viable solution [to fight climatechange] thats being embraced around the world. ancienttreearchive.org

How to HelpPlant two trees every year that are native species to your community and make sure they survive (you gotta water em). If you want to know more about the science behind it, read The Man Who Planted Trees. Author Jim Robbins has reported on cutting-edge science for more than 35 years, and the book will make you feel better, Milarch says.

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