Earth Day Planting in LA

April 18, 2026

Copemish’s Archangel Ancient Tree Archive is taking their environmental show on the road for Earth Day. On April 22, they’ll partner with 100 at-risk youth from the Los Angeles area to plant hundreds of seedlings cloned from ancient redwoods on the grounds of animal sanctuary Wolf Connection. The goal is to help restore 165 acres that were lost during the 2009 Station Fire that burned for months and remains the largest wildfire in California history. Archangel is a nonprofit that works to “propagate the world’s most important old growth trees” and plant them around the world to combat climate change and deforestation. In LA, Archangel and the students will be planting clones and offspring of the Stag, Waterfall, and Fieldbrook sequoia “champion” trees—some of the largest and oldest trees on the planet. Learn more at ancienttreearchive.org.

Pictured: The AATA team climbing a giant sequoia to collect cuttings last summer.