Anything to conserve moisture: Seedlings planted after wildfire benefit from shade, north aspects, and depressions

The REPLANT Act, part of the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, directs the Forest Service to plant more than a billion trees on 4 million acres of deforested national forest lands over the next decade. Most of these lands were burned by severe wildfire, and are not reforesting naturally due to a lack of seed sources and unfavorable climatic conditions. Currently, there are several bottlenecks in the planting pipeline, so maximizing the survival and growth of seedlings is critical. Music courtesy of Souvenir Thread. Read the Science You Can Use and access related content on Treesearch.