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This tree has lived for 13,000 years. California’s housing crisis could doom it.
Jim Pechous, the principal planner of Jurupa Valley, said in an email that the city is looking into creating a larger buffer zone around the tree and plans to further investigate the oak’s root ...
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California City OKs Development Threatening World’s Oldest Known Living Oak
JURUPA VALLEY, Calif.— The Jurupa Valley City Council approved ... would also put this special tree at great risk. “The Horuuvunga Oak is not just a tree, it is a living symbol of our ancestral ...
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One of the world's oldest oaks is tearing a Calif. city apart
Following hours of emotional public comment at the Jurupa ... the oak. Dr. Tim Crans raised concerns that the planned areas of development downhill from the Palmer's oak could impact the tree's ...
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Lawsuit Seeks Better Protections for California’s 13,000-Year-Old Oak
JURUPA VALLEY, Calif.— Conservation groups sued the ... California Environmental Quality Act by overlooking threats to the Jurupa Oak’s watershed, among other risks to the tree’s survival. The lawsuit ...