Letters to the Editor: Plant redwoods to honor COVID-19 victims
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Redwood trees line the trail in Big Basin Redwoods State Park in Boulder Creek (Santa Cruz County) in 2017.Tony Avelar / Special to The Chronicle 2017
To honor the nearly 35,000 Californians who have died from COVID-19, a number that will sadly continue to increase, I propose the state of California plant and name one coast redwood tree for each person lost. Redwood trees can live for hundreds of years, making them ideal for memorializing our loved ones.
Furthermore, coast redwoods capture more carbon dioxide than any other tree on Earth, so we should be planting as many as possible.