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In this week’s Go Here, Brian Jennings explores the Badlands Wilderness and discovers one of the regions oldest trees—a juniper believed to be some 2,000 years old. In the video below, Jennings talks to members of Friends of the Badlands Wilderness, digging deeper into the significance of these ancient trees.

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VIDEO: The Oldest Tree in the Badlands

by Erin Rook, The Source - Bend, Oregon
November 25, 2015

<h1>VIDEO: The Oldest Tree in the Badlands</h1> <p class="byline">by Erin Rook, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />November 25, 2015</p> <br /> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full aligncenter aligncenter"><a href="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/screen_shot_2015-11-23_at_7.11.43_am.png"><img src="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/screen_shot_2015-11-23_at_7.11.43_am.png" alt="" class="wp-image-35589" /></a></figure> <p>In this week's Go Here, Brian Jennings explores the Badlands Wilderness and discovers one of the regions oldest trees—a juniper believed to be some 2,000 years old. In the video below, Jennings talks to members of Friends of the Badlands Wilderness, digging deeper into the significance of these ancient trees.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"> <div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> https://www.youtube.com/embed/AheA3y9B-vs </div> </figure> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/video-the-oldest-tree-in-the-badlands-2568540/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=35579&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/video-the-oldest-tree-in-the-badlands-2568540/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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