La Paloma students plant a natural sage preserve

FALLBROOK — On March 26, more than 200 fifth graders from La Paloma Elementary School arrived at the Fallbrook Land Conservancy’s Heller’s Bend Preserve and were reunited with the California native species that they had planted in containers at their school in the spring of 2009.

With the guidance of 20 Save Our Forest (SOF) volunteers, the students planted seedlings, creating a coastal sage and scrub habitat. This marks a full circle for the beautiful hills of Heller’s Bend. The natural state of the preserve had been converted to avocado groves for many decades, but now the trees have b...