Scot Walker '90 February 20, 2017 9:58 AM updated: February 20, 2017 1:48 PM
The A&M student group Replant has completed a five-year project to replace thousands of pine trees lost in the Bastrop wildfire.
In 2011, 96 percent of Bastrop State Park burned in one of the state's most destructive wildfires on record. Thousands of acres surrounding the park also burned. Each year for the past five years, hundreds of A&M students have donned hard hats and work gloves to plant thousands of pine trees in and around the park, an area known as the Lost Pines.
This year Replant received a $1,600 grant, funded by donors to The Association of Former Students' Annual Fund, to help purchase materials and supplies. Replant also received Association support each prior year of the Bastrop project.
Texas A&M Forest Service Director Tom Boggus said more 2,000 Aggies have participated over the five years of the project, planting more than 45,000 trees.
Read more about Replant's Bastrop restoration project at KBTX.com.
https://twitter.com/TXForestService/status/833024576456122368
https://twitter.com/AggieReplant/status/833052724170207232
https://twitter.com/claudiaanorman/status/833063216175579137