Nearly 500 pine seedlings take root in New Mexico's largest burn scar
Volunteers, the Rocky Mountain Youth Corps, and the Los Vigiles Land Grant have planted nearly 500 young pines in the Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon burn area since October.
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Nearly 500 young pines have gone into the ground in the Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon burn area since October, KOAT reported. Volunteers, the Rocky Mountain Youth Corps, and the Los Vigiles Land Grant did the planting. The scar is the largest in New Mexico. Another 500 seedlings are planned before winter. The nearly 500 already planted are this season's start, not the full number the groups hope to put in the ground.
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Since October, volunteers, the Rocky Mountain Youth Corps, and the Los Vigiles Land Grant have planted nearly 500 young pine trees in the Hermit's Peak and Calf Canyon burn area in New Mexico, KOAT reported. That burn scar is the largest in the state. The groups plan to plant about 500 more seedlings before winter. The trees already in the ground are a start. The second 500 are still a plan, not a finished planting.
- Why do people plant new trees after a huge fire instead of waiting for the forest to return on its own?
- What is the difference between trees already planted and trees someone hopes to plant later?
- Who else, besides the landowner, can help a burned forest start growing again?
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