Sugar Pine Talk at the Library

Everyone knows that this magnificent species of white pine is my all-time favorite, so when planning our Friends of the Library programs, I knew I wanted knowledge about Sugar Pines to be presented to our community.

Executive Director of the Sugar Pine Foundation, Maria Mircheva, discussed white pines and local forestry issues with a very interested audience. The foundation is a local non-profit dedicated to restoring sugar pines and western white pines by involving the community in forest stewardship. Since 2008, they have planted over 70,000 seedlings with volunteer and school groups.
Did you know that sugar pines are the largest pines in the world? And they have the longest cones? We learned so much about them and their importance, on so many levels.
I have been on a planting, but after seeing Maria's intriguing tool, I look forward to going on a seed harvest one day as well. 
We left with a great deal more knowledge and with a feeling of hopefulness for the Sugar Pine. I would say it was a very successful night.

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