It's remarkable, really. I think perhaps the most compelling thing about it is that it gives us the opportunity to ask and answer many evolutionary questions.

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We don't know how long they live, what kind of habitat they prefer, how many offspring they have, or how sensitive they are to human disturbance. There's still so much to learn.

So you can end up with lots of endemics in a small area. That's what appears to have happened in Sequoia and King's Canyon.

Many of these species don't occur anywhere else. This is definitely a big deal.

It's been a remarkable year for us. It hasn't been perfect. But it's at the point now where I wish I had another year so I could make it as positive and as energetic as it has been this year.