Discarded Christmas trees needed for fish preservation at regional lakes

RIVERSIDE COUNTY (Wire Service) - Riverside County residents who recycle their Christmas trees this season will be helping protect little fish.

The county's Department of Waste Management is giving trees dropped off at county landfills to the state for a program aimed at securing fish habitat.

The Board of Supervisors endorsed the effort in November, when Waste Management Director Hans Kernkamp announced that the California Department of Fish and Game would be using discarded Christmas trees in an attempt to fortify Lakes Elsinore, Gregory, Hemet and Perris to preserve small fish populations b...