Forest finds new life

Forest finds new life

Forest Service plants native seedlings in areas burned by wildfire
Dolores District Forester Ashton Hargrave inspects a ponderosa pine seedling during the planting effort last week in an area burned by the Bradfield Fire.
$PHOTOCREDIT_ON$The planted seedlings were grown from native pine cones gathered in the Dove Canyon area in 1980s, which are genetically disposed to survive the local climate and soils.$PHOTOCREDIT_OFF$
$PHOTOCREDIT_ON$A Cutting Edge Forestry crew works last week to plant 48,000 pine seedlings in the area burned by the Bradfield Fire.$PHOTOCREDIT_OFF$

Forest finds new life

Dolores District Forester Ashton Hargrave inspects a ponderosa pine seedling during the planting effort last week in an area burned by the Bradfield Fire.
$PHOTOCREDIT_ON$The planted seedlings were grown from native pine cones gathered in the Dove Canyon area in 1980s, which are genetically disposed to survive the local climate and soils.$PHOTOCREDIT_OFF$
$PHOTOCREDIT_ON$A Cutting Edge Forestry crew works last week to plant 48,000 pine seedlings in the area burned by the Bradfield Fire.$PHOTOCREDIT_OFF$