Volunteers invited to help tend Experimental Forest

By Mark Kellam

Jan. 6, 2016 5:30 PM PT

A work day at the Experimental Forest in the Verdugo Mountains will be held from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday.

Participants should meet at the intersection of La Tuna Canyon Road and Hostetter Fire Road, near the Foothill (210) Freeway. From there, participants will carpool up the Hostetter Fire Road because travel on it requires high-clearance vehicles.

Once at the forest, participants will water trees, remove weeds around plants and plant some new pine trees.

Everyone should wear sturdy shoes and protective clothing.

Space is limited, so reservations are required by calling (818) 548-3795.

Mark Kellam

Mark Kellam was city editor of the Glendale News-Press and Burbank Leader. He joined Times Community News in July 2011 as the business-politics reporter and was promoted to city editor in January 2013. Previously, he was an editor at the Los Angeles Daily News and managing editor at Champion Newspapers in Chino, Calif. Prior to that, he was an editor at Amos Suburban Newspapers in Dayton, Ohio, for several years. Kellam holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Indiana University.