Students lend a hand restoring forest after Station fire
College students from the Student Conservation Association are participating a project designed to restore areas of the Angeles National Forest burned in last year’s Station fire. The three month project includes students from all over the United States and is aimed at restoring recreation areas of the Forest that were damaged during the wildfire. The SCA is partnering with the Forest Service, but also invites community volunteers to join them in the restoration effort.
According the Jay Watson, regional director of the SCA, “It’s a project that provides real benefits to the forest itself, to the forest lands damaged by the fire. It’s engaging local youth in restoring their forest. They look up at it every day living there, and in the long run, will hopefully allow the public to get back out on the forest for outdoor recreation.”
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