10,000 ponderosa pines to be planted at Spokane
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) -- The Lands Council environmental group is enlisting hundreds of volunteers for a mass planting of 10,000 ponderosa pine seedlings on Oct. 22 around Spokane.
They call it Reforest Spokane Day.
The Spokesman-Review reports (http://bit.ly/rtx1GE ) the planting sites have been selected in cooperation with Spokane's urban forestry team and other agencies.
Lands Council development director Amanda Swan calls ponderosa pines Spokane's environmental mascot.
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Online:
www.landscouncil.org
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Information from: The Spokesman-Review, http://www.spokesman.com
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