Development fight centers on California's oldest plant - Los Angeles Times
Jun 29, 2024 · A Palmer oak in Jurupa Valley is estimated to be 13,000 to 18,000 years old. The plant, which looks like a sprawling, dark green shrub, is now at the center of a development battle.
Groups sue Jurupa Valley to protect historic oak tree
Oct 4, 2024 · Environmental groups are suing Jurupa Valley over the approval of a development plan some 450 feet from an ancient oak tree. The 13,000-year-old tree is the oldest in California. The plaintiff’s say the city’s approval of the project violates the …
California’s oldest plant is near housing proposed in Jurupa Valley
Jun 27, 2024 · The Palmer’s oak is a patch of green midway up this sloping hill in Jurupa Valley. Estimated to be 13,000 years old, the shrub is the oldest living thing in California. (Photo by David Allen, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
California’s oldest tree may be threatened by proposed Riverside …
Nov 10, 2023 · It started life near the end of the last Ice Age, nestled between two boulders on a rise in the Jurupa Hills of Riverside County — a shrubby oak tree estimated to be 13,000 years old, making it one of the oldest living organisms on Earth.
Ancient California tree may be in danger from proposed …
Nov 6, 2023 · Developers have proposed a housing project nearby. JURUPA VALLEY, Calif. — It started life near the end of the last Ice Age, nestled between two boulders on a rise in the Jurupa Hills of...
Jurupa Valley's ancient oak tree possibly threatened by proposed ...
Jul 2, 2024 · JURUPA VALLEY, Calif. (KABC) -- For those who might wonder about what kind of tree is the oldest living organism in California discovered by scientists, it's not a California redwood. Nor is it...
Environmentalists sue Jurupa Valley to protect ancient plant from ...
Oct 4, 2024 · The lawsuit filed Friday, Oct. 4, in Riverside County Superior Court by the Center for Biological Diversity alleges Jurupa Valley’s environmental review for the project that combines housing and other land uses violated state law, the nonprofit conservation organization said in …
Tree Believed To Be CA's Oldest Threatened By Housing …
Nov 7, 2023 · The Palmer's oak above Jurupa Valley — affectionately named the Jurupa Oak — is one such clone and the researchers believe it is at least 13,000 years old.
Lawsuit Seeks Better Protections for California’s 13,000-Year-Old Oak
Oct 4, 2024 · JURUPA VALLEY, Calif. — Conservation groups sued the city of Jurupa Valley today for approving a development near the world’s oldest known living oak without properly analyzing the potential threats.
Rio Vista development plan puts 13,000 year old Jurupa Oak tree …
Jul 9, 2024 · Friends of the Jurupa Oak California’s oldest living tree is at least 13,000 years old and is nestled in the Jurupa Valley hills. But conservationists and native tribes say a proposed 900-acre development could put the tree in danger.