I find it interesting how many ecological disasters are turning out not to be, after all. Global warming/cooling, global overpopulation decades behind schedule and likely to peak at half projected levels, extinct species that either aren't or only are in a certain location, wolf and bear populations increasing so that they drift back into their old ranges. And Fred has a good feeling about the progress of the war on terror on the Opinion page. EFL
A flower long thought to be extinct was rediscovered in a California state park - more than six decades after it was last seen, scientists said Wednesday.
The pink wildflower Eriogonom truncatum, known as the Mount Diablo buckwheat, was found in a remote section of a Contra Costa County park about 30 miles east of San Francisco. The plant resembles baby's breath used in floral arrangements.
The location is being kept secret, but the dozen-plus plants were found on a property preserved by the conservation group Save Mount Diablo.
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