Station fire replanting: 3 million trees to be planted in Station fire burn area
Environment • April 2011 • Views: 723
So why did Forestry ban hiking camping and picnicking in the burn area that is the size of Chicago? They say to preserve a natural recovery. Hmm. Kinda hard to square that with the following story from the LA Times.
3 million trees to be planted in Station fire burn area
‘This will be the largest recovery effort ever undertaken in the San Gabriel Mountains,’ an official says. Critics object to a type of pine being used and say the project could alter the ecological balance.