CHICO — Local Boy Scouts collected more than 1,200 Christmas trees Saturday to benefit fish in Lake Oroville.
Boy Scout Troop 2 continued its annual tradition for the 28th year with the help of Recology Butte Colusa Counties, California Department of Water Resources and the Chico State Geographical Information Center.
“This is the greatest day of the year,” said Troop 2 Scoutmaster Steve Estes. “It’s a lot of work, but a lot of fun … A lot of troop alumni come out and help us. We have past scouts, three scoutmasters before me and my scoutmaster from when I grew up.”
Scouts gathered the trees in pickups and trailers and helped pack them into Recology’s rear-loader trucks, which compact the trees.
Recology then transports the trees to designated drop-off locations near Lake Oroville.
Department of Water Resources Environmental Scientist Kryssy Mache said workers with the California Conservation Corps will soon begin the two-week process of tying the trees together with cables anchoring them into Lake Oroville and the Thermalito Forebay.
“They provide cover for the little juvenile fish,” Mache said. “There’s not a lot of cover in the lake, just barren ground, so by providing structures, it gives cover for the little fish to hide.”
Chico State also helped in the annual event as its Geographical Information Center created the routing for the hundreds of pickup requests around town.
“Partnering with Chico State has been huge because we used to take a triple AAA map and put all the locations on the map,” said assistant scoutmaster Charles Kyle.
Prior to heading off Saturday, scouts were treated to breakfast from Recology employees.
Recology Operations Supervisor Ryan Matousek said the breakfast began five years ago as a way “to get everyone together and going.”
Matousek also discussed the increase in overall efficiency compared to previous years.
“Some years, it would be 4 or 5 p.m. and we would still be picking up trees, and now we have it down to where we’re done by noon or 1 p.m,” Matousek said.
Suggested donations were accepted for the pickup of trees and ranged from $10 to $35.
Estes said Saturday’s event is the troop’s main fundraiser of the year.
For more information on Troop 2, visit troop2chico.com.
Recycling locations
The city of Chico Compost Facility, 4441 Cohasset Road, will be accepting Christmas trees until about the end of March.
All recycled Christmas trees must be free of ornaments and cannot be flocked with artificial snow.
The facility is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
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