US Forest Service Seeking Volunteers for Parry Pinyon Pines Project

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The US Forest Service, as a National Public Lands Day project, is seeking volunteers to assist with the removal of brush around the Parry Pinyon pine trees to help protect the trees if a wildfire were to occur.

The San Jacinto mountains contains two species of Pinyon which are both culturally important to the Southern California Tribes, including the Cahuilla Indians.

Volunteers will help clear away and pile the vegetation growing near the Parry Pinyon pine trees. This volunteer work will take place in pre-selected areas and will take place over three weekends from Friday morning through Sunday.

On each Saturday, efforts will take place on adjacent Ramona or Santa Rosa Indian Reservation lands and provide opportunities to share cultural background on Native pinyon harvesting and other traditional plant gathering practices, according to a US Forest Service news release.

These projects will occur on the following weekends:

• September 25-26 [National Public Lands Day on the 25th]
• October 2-3
• October 9-10

Volunteers will meet on Friday morning at the Thomas Mountain area or Saturday morning at the Pinyon Campground. Work parties will be organized and begin departure no later than 8:15 a.m. Campsites will be provided in Pinyon Flat at the Pinyon Campground.

Items to bring:

• Personal camping gear.
• Food
• Water
• Hat
• Sunscreen
• Gloves
• Loppers, hand clippers and handsaws are welcome.

For further directions or if you have any questions please contact Daniel McCarthy at dfmccarthy@fs.fed.us, dfmccarthy@aol.com or 909-379-9332. Volunteers are asked to please RSVP and if a volunteer plans to be joining during the day, they are asked to please contact Daniel to arrange where to meet.



Author:Renee Marquart - Fire Department Network News