News Earth Ice age forest spruces up ecology record By Tina Hesman Saey September 17, 2002 at 5:46 pm - More than 2 years ago Share this:Share Share via email (Opens in new window) Email Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Sand-mining operations in Michigan have uncovered a true forest primeval—a 10,000-year-old spruce woods buried in sand. A logger slices into a 10,000- year-old spruce tree. Michigan Technological University The trees probably died after being flooded by retreating glaciers at the end of the last ice age, says Kurt S.