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Llamas
Photo • James Murray, Salmon Arm Observer

A new breed of forest worker:
Llamas Pumpkin and Blizzard went to work recently helping to reforest the mountain slopes above Salmon Arm. The Silver Creek area was devastated by fire last year. The llamas carried boxes of trees to the planters, up slopes too steep for the all-terrain vehicles that are normally used.

www.for.gov.bc.ca/kamloops/district/salmon

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Do you know? What is British Columbia’s provincial tree?

In 1987, British Columbia designated the Western Red Cedar or Thuja plicata Donn as its provincial tree.

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