Trees in Celebration

Trees in Memory

Honor your friends and loved ones with the gift of trees.

The Beautiful Plumas is in Desperate Need of Trees

Already scorched by July’s hot sun, this brush was easy kindling for the lightning strikes that set the Antelope Complex Fire. Photo © Plumas Interagency Hotshot Crew.

A series of lightning strikes triggered the Antelope Complex Fire on July 5, 2007, which burned nearly 23,000 acres of Plumas’ timber in less than a week. The Moonlight Fire struck just two months later, destroying 65,000 forest acres and requiring more than three weeks to contain. With your support, we are helping reforest 5,500 acres of Plumas National Forest with 792,000 trees. In the spring of 2009, Douglas-fir, red and white firs, and incense cedars will be planted alongside ponderosa pine, sugar pine, and Jeffrey pine trees.

These new trees will help prevent soot and soil runoff into Plumas’ precious water supplies. And, as they grow, they will help reestablish vital habitat, restore the watershed that supplies many of California’s citizens, and contribute to a better environment for us all.

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