The Gazette
Dozens of Black Forest residents affected by the 2013 blaze lined up outside a local fire station on Saturday, ready to make an investment that likely won't pay off for decades: planting seedlings.
About 8,500 of the fledgling trees were distributed at Black Forest Together's annual giveaway, which organizers estimate has provided roughly 40,000 seedlings to burn area residents in the four years since the fire scorched more than 14,000 acres.
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