Trees in Celebration

Trees in Memory

Honor your friends and loved ones with the gift of trees.

A Forest Rich in Natural Beauty and Natural History

Wildlife rely upon the trees and sparkling water of Plumas National Forest for their survival. Photo © Stuart Green, Trailspotting.com.

Like the feathers for which both river and forest are named, rivers and streams drift throughout Plumas National Forest. First designated a forest reserve by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1905, Plumas’ expressive name reportedly came from the Spanish explorer who noted large numbers of wild creatures’ feathers floating down the area’s waterways.

Natural beauty typifies the forest, filled with alpine lakes, towering firs and cedars, and wildlife. Its million acres host both mountain and basin and offer an abundance of opportunities to man and beast. The northern Sierra Nevada left a profound imprint on naturalist John Muir, who named it the “Range of Light’ and said it was “the most divinely beautiful of all the mountain-chains I have ever seen.”

The black bear and her cubs eat both plants and carrion, and retreat from danger by climbing the forest’s trees. Photo CC Laura Travels.

History and nature coincide in Plumas’ vast space to revitalize the outdoor enthusiast. Mountains blanketed in trees extend to the sky, providing habitat for black bear, deer, and the endangered bald eagle. Rivers cutting massive wedges of sandstone and granite have wrought rugged canyons in this region.

And extremes exist everywhere. Winter snows leave both mountains and trees snow-capped, only to be followed by the trout-filled lakes and streams of summer — surrounded by fresh, aromatic pines.

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