Around 3,000 cedar and pine seedlings were planted over a single weekend on a mountain slope that burned two summers ago, in a volunteer effort coordinated by a local environmental club.
Organisers chose a mix of species and spaced the rows to act as firebreaks, with wider gaps along the ridge where past fires spread fastest.
Nearby schools have each adopted a row and will send students to water the young trees through the first dry season, when survival rates are lowest.
"Planting is the easy day," said Rami, one of the organisers. "The trees that make it are the ones someone comes back for in August."
The club plans to count surviving seedlings next spring and publish the results.
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