Students with the Alberton Afterschool Summer Program took a field trip last week to the tree nursery in Coeur d’Alene to learn about the process of harvesting seeds and growing trees for transplant operations. (Photo by Jessica Maurer)
June 19, 2018
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June 19, 2018 9:20 p.m.
Groups band together to help reforest Sunrise burn area
Looking over the terrain of Sunrise Mountain swaths of black tree stands are a stark reminder of the wildfire that ravaged the area last summer. The fire chewed through 27,000 acres which was primarily Lolo National Forest Land. The area is a mix of conifer forest on steep mountainous terrain and affected a number of drainages including Trout, Cougar, Verde, Sunrise, Meadow, and Quartz Creeks.