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A botanist searches for the seeds of the rare Death Valley Sage

For more than 15 years, botanist Naomi Fraga has been trying to collect seeds from the rare Death Valley sage, for safekeeping in a vault of native California seeds.

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A botanist searches for the seeds of the rare Death Valley Sage
This is the remains of an abandoned mine in the Nopah Range near Death Valley, California on Sunday March 22, 2026.

For more than 15 years, botanist Naomi Fraga has been trying to collect seeds from the rare Death Valley sage, for safekeeping in a vault of native California seeds.

(Image credit: Krystal Ramirez for NPR)

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