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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(115,295 posts)
Fri Apr 22, 2022, 11:59 AM Apr 2022

Victims of California wildfires fight to rebuild lost forests through sawmills, seeds

From seed to sawmill, residents from Greenville, California, are pulling up their sleeves to rebuild their community after it was turned into ashes by the Dixie fire in July 2021.

The community will use a sawmill to turn millions of burned-down trees into affordable lumber. The sawmill will officially open in mid-May and contribute to the effort to save forests affected by wildfires with the help of a $360,000 grant from the Sierra Nevada Conservancy.

Randy Pew is a third-generation logger, and he’s taking part in rebuilding Greenville by using the natural resources available.

“We are trying to do what we can,” Pew told ABC News. “Lumber prices are so high and all these natural resources going to waste … something had to be done.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/victims-of-california-wildfires-fight-to-rebuild-lost-forests-through-sawmills-seeds/ar-AAWuv6G

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Victims of California wildfires fight to rebuild lost forests through sawmills, seeds (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2022 OP
Rebuilding lost forests... ultralite001 Apr 2022 #1
Thanks for this. I live just down slope from Paradise, lost a family cabin in the Trinity Alps calikid Apr 2022 #2
Sorry to hear of your loss... ultralite001 Apr 2022 #3

ultralite001

(1,137 posts)
1. Rebuilding lost forests...
Fri Apr 22, 2022, 12:19 PM
Apr 2022

Thank you.

I have planted trees for family and friends lost in the 2018 Camp Fire, Paradise, CA...
The work continues...

https://dejavunursery.com/]

calikid

(625 posts)
2. Thanks for this. I live just down slope from Paradise, lost a family cabin in the Trinity Alps
Sun Apr 24, 2022, 07:38 AM
Apr 2022

last summer and will be rebuilding this summer. Lots of dogwood destroyed, we need some color in our Nikoshima (sp) landscape.

ultralite001

(1,137 posts)
3. Sorry to hear of your loss...
Sun Apr 24, 2022, 11:06 AM
Apr 2022

I replanted dogwoods in memory of those my mom had planted for each kid and grandkid...
and added two more, one for my mom and one for my dad...

The folks didn't live long after the disaster... their heart was simply gone...

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