LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – At a recent Clear Lake Trowel and Trellis Garden Club meeting Debra Watson-O'Dell was awarded a Penny Pine Certificate for her special contributions to the club.

The certificate is for the 2012 Mill and the Pass Fires in the Mendocino National Forest.

So far, the club has contributed 71 acres to the Penny Pines reforestation program.

Under a conservation agreement, an individual or organization can contribute $68 toward the cost of planting seedlings on about one acre of National Forest land in California and receive a Penny Pines certificate.

Using the donation, together with federal funds, the Forest Service will do the planting on the National Forest of your choice.

The Penny Pines plantings are made as part of the regular National Forest reforestation program on burned-over and brush-covered areas which are potentially productive timberland.

Using these donations, combined with regular forest planting funds, millions of pine, fir, redwood, and giant sequoia seedlings have been planted on acres of National Forest land in California.

The Clear Lake Trowel and Trellis Garden Club is a member of the Mendo Lake District of the California Garden Club Inc. Pacific Region and National Garden Clubs Inc.

The club welcomes new members and information can be found by visiting www.clttgc.org or calling Dana at 707-275-3500.

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