Ikea, area students team up to plant trees.(Benjamin Franklin High School contribute to A Million Trees for Earth Day)(Brief Article)

From: Home Accents Today | Date: June 1, 2001| Author: O'Mara, Sheila Long | Copyright information

Los Angeles -- Ikea teamed up with students at Benjamin Franklin High School here in April to plant 1,500 trees on Los Pinetos Ridge, an area in the Angeles National Forest that was wiped out by a wildfire.

The retailer and students were joined by North East Trees, an environmental group that designs and constructs greening and open space projects in Northeast Los Angeles, and the U.S. Forest Service at the planting. Students and volunteers planted live oak, canyon oak an...

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