73rd Annual Lower Umpqua Tree Plant, March 26

BLM release – North Bend, Ore. – On April 2, more than 100 Reedsport and Elkton elementary school students will participate in the 73rd annual Lower Umpqua Tree Plant. Fifth and sixth grade students will learn about forest management while planting Douglas-fir seedlings, thus connecting kids to public lands and America’s natural heritage. The Lower Umpqua Tree Plant is one of the longest, continuously running tree-planting events in the United States, having first begun near Reedsport, Oregon in 1946. The tree plant will begin at 9:00 a.m. on Roseburg Resources timber lands located along Weatherly Creek Road, just off Highway 38 east of Reedsport, Oregon. Roseburg Resources Company, Oregon Department of Forestry, Coos Forest Protective Association and the Bureau of Land Management host the Lower Umpqua Tree Plant. For additional information on the tree plant, please contact Tim Truax of Roseburg Resources at 541-271-0159, extension 55019 or Tristan Huff of the Bureau of Land Management at 541-756-0100. Additional information about forestry in western Oregon is available at:  www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/forests-and-woodlands/oc-lands