'Dinosaur trees': firefighters save endangered Wollemi pines from NSW bushfires
by Adam Morton Environment editor from Environment | The Guardian on (#4XY37)
A specially deployed team of remote air firefighters helped save the trees from the giant Gospers Mountain fire
Firefighters have saved the only known natural stand of Wollemi pines, so-called "dinosaur trees" that fossil records show existed up to 200m years ago, from the bushfires that have devastated New South Wales.
The state's environment minister, Matt Kean, said a specially deployed team of remote air firefighters helped save the critically endangered trees from the giant Gospers Mountain fire.
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