Bringing Life Back to the Forest after November 2016 Fires

1/25/2017
photo: Yoav Devir
With the scars of the fires still fresh on the landscape and in the hearts of the foresters, KKL-JNF is beginning the long journey of rehabilitating the burnt areas.

About 2,050 acres of planted forests went up in flames during the fires that raged in November 2016. More than 300 KKL-JNF foresters and firefighters fought the fires for over a week at 64 conflagrations throughout Israel. KKL-JNF teams also took part in putting out fires in an additional 3,800 acres of areas not under the organization's management.

Read more at the KKL-JNF Site



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