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Once given a death sentence, Utah’s Pando aspen grove has ‘come a long way’

Considered one of the world’s largest organisms, this big tree isn’t out of the woods yet.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) State Route 25 cuts through Fishlake National Forest and the middle of Pando, a quaking aspen colony and one of the world's largest organisms, July 26, 2023. The highway was built before Pando's discovery.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) State Route 25 cuts through Fishlake National Forest and the middle of Pando, a quaking aspen colony and one of the world's largest organisms, July 26, 2023. The highway was built before Pando's discovery.