Mission’s forestry department hosted its annual ‘CutBlock Party’ last Saturday (March 21). The approximately 150 people in attendance planted 600 trees near Hunter Logging Road at the end of Sabo Street in northern Mission. The newly-planted trees are part of the effort to reforest a recently logged cutblock. They are among the estimated 100,000 trees the forestry department is planting this spring as part of its annual silviculture and reforestation program. Bari Hanus, forestry technician with the City of Mission, said the species that are being planted are mainly Douglas fir, western red cedar and white pine. “We plant really high quality seedlings that are well-suited to Mission’s climate. Those species are all selected for their climate adaptability, their role as a native species, and their ability to thrive in local forest ecosystem,” Hanus said.