Gumnuts, baby! How two abseiling horticulturalists rescued specimens from an endangered tree

<p>The threatened Jillaga Ash (<em>Eucalyptus stenostoma</em>) was spotted 90m down a cliff in Wadbilliga national park, in southern New South Wales</p><ul><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>Two horticulturalists have undertaken a daring abseiling mission to rescue gumnuts from an endangered tree on a 300m cliff face.</p><p>Stan Wawrzyczek, a threatened flora ecologist at the Threatened Species Conservancy, spotted an endangered tree, <em>Eucalyptus stenostoma</em> (Jillaga Ash), 90m down the cliff in Wadbilliga national park in southern New South Wales.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/01/gumnuts-baby-how-two-abseiling-horticulturalists-rescued-specimens-from-an-endangered-tree">Continue reading...</a>