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A park ranger from California has made what’s being hailed as the ‘most significant’ fossil find in the state’s history.
The tusks uncovered at the site. Image credits Jason Halley / California State University Photographer.
Greg Francek, a ranger naturalist with the East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD), a public utility district that provides water and sewage treatment services around San Francisco, has recently been on quite an adventure. While at work in the Mokelumne River watershed area — in the foothills of the Sierra mountains southeast of Sacramento — he stumbled upon an ancient, petrified woodland. Here, he found a treasure trove of fossils.