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Archive Home > 2007 > August > 12 > Tree that touched dinosaurs

Tree that touched dinosaurs

Lecture on rare, ancient pines planned for Bend

By Ben Myers / The Bulletin
August 12, 2007

When Wayne Gaskins, 83, looks at the Wollemi pine tree on his deck at Touchmark at Mt. Bachelor Village, the retirement community where he lives in southwest Bend, he is peering through time and space.

Wollemi are a rare species that, until 1994, were thought to be extinct for 2 million....

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