Restoration Projects 2007
Devastation and Reforestation
A total of over 48 million acres – an area almost half the size of California and equivalent to nearly 37 million football fields – have burned in the past seven years. Last year was the worst fire season in history, with a record 9 million acres burned in 2006. Many factors are adding fuel to these fires, including warmer than average temperatures, below average precipitation, persistent or worsening drought conditions, and insect damage to trees. Replanting efforts will help return native species to areas where they will not regenerate on their own.
Year two of the Enterprise Rent-A-Car 50 Million Tree Pledge will plant another 1 million trees, primarily in areas to address the need for post-fire reforestation. Projects include:
Custer National Forest (Montana and South Dakota)
Sequoia National Forest (California)
Wallowa-Whitman National Forest (Oregon and Idaho)
Lassen National Forest (California)
San Bernardino National Forest (California)
Kamloops Indian Band Reserve (British Columbia, Canada)
Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park (Scotland)
Gallatin National Forest: Post-Fire Reforestation (Montana)
Bitterroot National Forest: Post-Fire Reforestation (Montana)