![]() east of California and some of the oldest in the world. The two conservationists had come upon the oldest living trees in the U.S. The oldest known bald cypress in Black River Preserve, dated at 2,624 years old. "I can't prove it now, but we're going to find one in here to prove it." ![]() On that hot, sunny summer day almost a decade ago, Stahle remembers coming on the stand of trees and immediately recognizing their importance. Stahle is one of the deans of using dendrochronology (growth rings) and radiocarbon dating to study the climate hundreds or even thousands of years into the past. ![]() Carl is the fire and coastal restoration manager for The Nature Conservancy’s Black River Preserve. Stahle, a University of Arkansas scientist. ![]() Her voice carries across the swamp of North Carolina's Black River as we sit floating in kayaks at the knees of our elders, an ancient stand of bald cypress trees.įollowing markers of neon-pink ribbons tied to branches, we've paddled to this remote stand to recreate a journey that Carl took eight years ago guiding David W. "There is no other place on Earth like this," Angie Carl says. ![]()
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