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[email protected] Technology scans forest floors in search of tallest, oldest trees By DOUGLAS FISCHER coast redwood. And if it remains ogy aids in forest management, iden- the forest canopy, giving researchers debate. Most tall tree experts think Contra Costa Times undiscovered to this day, that may tifying the most at-risk spots in the an equally detailed map and a rela- not; some 95 percent of the likely Somewhere deep in an unmapped soon change. forest -- a problematic former log- tively instantaneous way to separate habitat has already been explored. ravine or inaccessible creek bottom Scientists with Save-the- ging road, for instance, or a tract in true titans from mere giants. But redwoods are tough to map, in Northern California hides a secret. Redwoods League are using desperate need of thinning -- and No tree in the world grows taller and the terrain is unforgiving. If it exists -- and it might not -- it advanced new tools to literally scan allowing Save-the-Redwoods and than the California coast redwood. Scientists believe redwoods can would have stood there as long as the the redwood forests of Northern others to prioritize restoration Whether there is a redwood taller grow to beyond 400 feet, and anec- Roman Colosseum is old, yet it has California, hoping to create an ultra- efforts.