Recycling Christmas Trees: Giving Them a Second Life for Wildlife and Safety
TL;DR
Oregon conservation groups, including the North Clackamas Watersheds Council, collect Christmas trees after the holidays to create habitats for salmon and steelhead by tying them to logs in rivers, which helps restore natural stream complexity, reduce erosion, and support aquatic ecosystems.
Topics:nationenvironment#christmas-trees#conservation#environment#oregon#river-ecology#salmon-habitat
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