Rain Bird Donates to Reforestation Effort

A caf????(C) on Mt. Lemmon was among the structures burned by the Aspen Fire near Tucson last summer.

Tucson, Ariz.-Rain Bird Corp. has donation 800 quarts of its irrigation supplement to ?EUR??,,????'??Trees for Mt. Lemmon?EUR??,,????'?? to aid in the group's efforts to reforest private land damaged in last summer's Aspen Fire near Tucson.

Trees for Mt. Lemmon has already planted approximately 400 trees, each with two one-quart cartons of the irrigation supplement, a time-released water in gel form ideal for establishing native plant material where permanent irrigation is not available. Trees for Mt. Lemmon will also plant an additional 400 trees that will be watered by permanent irrigation.

The U.S. Forest Service donated about 800 trees for planting, Ponderosa pine and Douglas fir seedlings, which are indigenous to the Mt. Lemmon area.

"We're happy to be able to play a role in the reforestation efforts,?EUR??,,????'?? said Gurmeet Singh, Rain Bird product manager.