Representing the trees

Col. Karl Arbogast, commanding officer, Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Beaufort, Jad Daley, president and chief executive officer, American Forests, Karnig Ohannessian, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy of Environment and Mission Readiness, and Gary Herndon, natural and cultural resources manager, MCAS Beaufort, plant a tree during a commemorative tree planting ceremony April 19 in celebration of Earth Day at MCAS Beaufort. American Forests gifted six pecan trees to MCAS Beaufort to represent an estimated 1,008,625 pine tree seedlings that will be planted at Townsend Bombing Range, Georgia. This reforestation effort will cover more than 1,600 acres. Lance Cpl. Kyle Baskin/USMC