Scientists, local authorities, ranchers and other members of the community in the town of San Dionisio in Baja California Sur came together to discuss the oak"s future at a workshop on the initiative in late 2021. "It was a workshop where we co-constructed knowledge," says Breceda. "Because it"s not like "wise" scientists are going to tell local people what to do with something that has been theirs for hundreds of years. They grew up with these trees."