Uploaded July 2017 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
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Hidden in the canyons of Central Oregon, the Hancock Tree stands tall as a monument to ancient Oregon. It is located within the Clarno Unit of John Day Fossil Beds National Monument (near Fossil, Oregon), and the lack of easy access to this location allows it and the multitude of nearby fossils to be fully enjoyed. The Clarno Mudflows (including the Pallisades Mudflows) contain one of the greatest wealths of leaf and food fossils in the John Day Group of formations. It is very important to remember that if you find it, it is an irreplaceable piece of Earth's history, and that collecting within the monument boundaries is very strictly illegal. Please respect it as you would art in a museum; as this is the art of the earth, in the museum of Oregon.
Very special thanks to the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry and the staff of Hancock Field Station.
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Hidden in the canyons of Central Oregon, the Hancock Tree stands tall as a monument to ancient Oregon. It is located within the Clarno Unit of John Day Fossil Beds National Monument (near Fossil, Oregon), and the lack of easy access to this location allows it and the multitude of nearby fossils to be fully enjoyed. The Clarno Mudflows (including the Pallisades Mudflows) contain one of the greatest wealths of leaf and food fossils in the John Day Group of formations. It is very important to remember that if you find it, it is an irreplaceable piece of Earth's history, and that collecting within the monument boundaries is very strictly illegal. Please respect it as you would art in a museum; as this is the art of the earth, in the museum of Oregon.
Very special thanks to the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry and the staff of Hancock Field Station.
