Carpinteria – Assemblymember Pedro Nava joins the Laguna Blanca School, the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service, and the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden in planting 300 Torrey pines in an effort to study and restore this highly threatened native California pine.  The Torrey Pine is among the rarest of pines in the United States and this long-term project will serve as a practical option for protection, restoration, and introduction of the species into the wild.

“I applaud Laguna Blanca School for actively taking care of our planet by planting and maintaining the Torrey Pines and thereby exercising its core values of scholarship, character, balance and community,” said Nava. “This important restoration project demonstrates the Botanic Garden’s commitment to extend and enhance its public education and plant conservation programs and I am honored to participate.”

Who: Assemblymember Pedro Nava, Laguna Blanca students, the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service, and the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden

What: Tree Planting Ceremony and luncheon celebrating the Torrey Pine Restoration Projection (Torreys for Tomorrow)

When: Friday, November 30, 2007 at 11:00 a.m. Ceremonial Tree Planting

Where: Santa Barbara Botanic Garden’s Hay Hill Campus; 570 Toro Canyon Rd., Carpinteria, CA 93013

Please contact Hillary Blackerby in Assemblymember Nava’s office for more information at (805) 564-1649.