JORDAN RANCH : Children, Parents Go on Acorn Hunt
About 200 parents and children combed the fields and hills of Jordan Ranch on Sunday morning, scooping up acorns that may later be used to replace oak trees where a 750-unit housing development is planned.
It was the fourth annual harvest performed by about 60 tribes from the Indian Guides organization of the Conejo Valley YMCA, a group of children and their parents, said Peter Fischer, chief of the Yellow Knives Tribe.
“They were given free rein over fields and hills and were having a great time,” Fischer said.
The children and their parents fanned out across the land off Chesebro Road, clutching paper bags to collect the fruits of the oak trees.
They gathered about 1,300 acorns, which will be nurtured by nursery personnel until they become trees big enough to plant, Fischer said. Last year’s harvest netted enough acorns to produce 6,000 plants, he said.
“It is a tremendous lesson in ecology and the transportation of seeds and the heritage of our live oaks in our community,” Fischer said.
The event was sponsored by Potomac Investment Group of Potomac, Md., which hopes to build the Jordan Ranch development.
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