Moonlight fire forest restoration tour
Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2009 11:00 am
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Published: Thursday, Jun. 11, 2009 - 12:00 am
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The Moonlight fire, which burned 65,000 acres on the northernmost slopes of the Sierra Nevada in 2007, will be the the focus of a daylong guided tour June 20 sponsored by Sierra Institute's Center of Forestry.
What: U.S. Forest Service officials and foresters with W.M. Beatty and Associates, a private timber company, will discuss the impacts of the Moonlight fire as well as forest restoration and monitoring efforts on both public and private land.
When and where: 9 a.m. at Sierra Institute in Taylorsville.
To register: View http://www.SierraInstitute.us" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; or call (530) 284-1022.
– Jane Braxton Little
June 24-26
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