Leonard's Reviews > The Oldest Living Things in the World

I didn't read everything in this book, but was fascinated by the age of some of these plants. Maybe it's because I'm getting older that I admire and respect old "things." I'm saddened by the 8,000-13,000 year old Box Huckleberry plants in Pennsylvanian which were destroyed by road-building bulldozers. I'm intrigued and may have to visit the 80,000 year old, 100 acre forest of roots in Utah, supporting 47,000 aspen trees, that is only a day drive away. Caring for and protecting old plants demonstrates a respect of the environment and for other species that is far too rare on this earth. We need much more of that if we are going to save the planet. At some point the environment and planet Earth must become the highest priority in any decision making process. This is an important large format book with great photos.