Magalia Beautification Volunteers invited to Sort Redwood Seedlings

Standing at a long conveyor belt doing the cold, wet work of sorting thru 1 year old sierra redwood seedings were volunteers from the Magalia Beautification Association. Although the volunteers were covered with mud from "head to toe", the volunteers had a good time sorting out the fittest trees and bundled in groups of 25 for future planting. "it makes you feel good knowing that these trees will wind up hopefully on a hill somewhere and live long after we're gone."

Magalia Reforestation Center's 15-acre nursery yielded some 1.7 million saplings in the past year, including fir, pine, cedar, cypress, sycamore and oak. These seedlings will eventually wind up throughout the forest lands of California," used for reforestation, erosion control, for wind breaks.

The healthy little redwoods are available to the public at a minimum quantity of 25. For information about ordering Magalia Reforestation Center seedlings (25-tree minimum), call 872-6301 or visit http://calfire.ca.gov.