LOWER LAKE, Calif. – Jim Dempsey, environmental scientist from California State Parks, Northern Buttes District will guide volunteers in planting valley oak seedlings at Anderson Marsh State Historic Park on Saturday, Feb. 25.

Teams of two to four people each are needed to carry tools and materials to the planting sites and to dig holes to transplant the young trees. All ages are welcome.

After almost 100 years of ranching and grazing from the mid-19th to mid-20th century, the park has had little or no regeneration of valley oak trees in the broad field visible from Highway 53.

Whatever happens during the current state budget crisis, State Parks will continue to own the park.

In addition to recreation, the park department’s mission is to protect and enhance the park’s natural resource values.

New oak trees will benefit wildlife and birds and help further self-regulation of future oaks.

The work will begin at 9 a.m. and the gates close by 4 p.m.

Bring lunch, water, work gloves and lots of enthusiasm. And for the next 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 or even 60 years you can visit your tree and watch it grow.

Contact Jim Dempsey at 707-990-2448 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..