Cub Scouts plant trees

Local Cub Scouts got a hands-on experience of Arbor Week last week when they helped plant 800 seedlings along the fire-ravaged shores of Suttle Lake.

Dave Priest of the Sisters Ranger District took members of Pack 139 out on Friday, April 21, to plant the spruce seedlings on the embankments where the B&B Complex Fire scorched the earth. Many trees had to be removed after the fire left them dead and dying hazards.

Pack leader Cory Stengel told The Nugget, “Every year we try to do some kind of community project. We approached (the Forest Service) and asked if there was anything we could do to help out and they suggested this project.”

He said that the Cub Scouts talked a lot about the meaning of Arbor Week and “They learned the actual practice of planting trees and the importance of trees to the environment.”