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Grand Canyon Guide Writes About Unlikely Park Legend: A Ponderosa Pine

So, there’s this tree at the Grand Canyon. No big deal, right — there are lots of trees at the Grand Canyon.

But this tree, a ponderosa pine — which has, by the way, died — has become a kind of park legend, mainly because it seems it’s not supposed to be able to grow where it set down roots.

Guidebook writer and Grand Canyon guide Tyler Williams wanted to see it for himself. 

Williams writes about his experience in the January edition of Arizona Highways Magazine.

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Mark Brodie is a co-host of The Show, KJZZ’s locally produced news magazine. Since starting at KJZZ in 2002, Brodie has been a host, reporter and producer, including several years covering the Arizona Legislature, based at the Capitol.