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FFT Fellow in the News: Patty Taylor
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Love of Nature Leads Rock Hill Teacher on Utah Trip to Research World’s Largest Living Organism
Ian Davis-Leonard
ROCK HILL — Stepping inside Patty Taylor’s second grade classroom feels a bit like walking outdoors.
Paper pine trees line the room opposite a forest green wall. Students in plastic park ranger hats diligently scribble assignments about national parks.
For the past few weeks, a single tree more than 2,000 miles away has captivated the attention of this Mount Gallant Elementary School class in Rock Hill.
Its name is Pando. Covering 106 acres of Utah’s Fishlake National Forest with branches that look like the trunks of 40,000 individual aspen trees, it is the world’s largest living organism. Continue reading, here.