![The tree nursery in Couer d’Alene grows over 16 million seedlings annually. It takes two years for a seedling to be ready to transplant in areas burned by wildfires. (Photo by Jessica Maurer).](https://hagadone.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/ARTICLE_180619983_EP_-1_USGEJHRGXNBD_t1170.jpg?5cc718665ab672dba93d511ab4c682bb370e5f86)
The tree nursery in Couer dAlene grows over 16 million seedlings annually. It takes two years for a seedling to be ready to transplant in areas burned by wildfires. (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.