Old Christmas trees being dropped into Saguaro Lake to make fish habitats
SALT RIVER, Ariz. - In the days after Christmas, thousands of Arizona s families need to get rid of dried-out Christmas trees.
There s plenty of places to bring them, but there s one new spot in the state where these dead trees are being used to create more life: Saguaro Lake.
The living room trees once decorated in lights and ornaments, were dragged along Butcher Jones Beach on Jan. 9. We’ll put them on the boat, and take them out and dump them, said David Weedman from Arizona Game and Fish. Weedman worked with employees and volunteers to load them up on a pontoon after they were tied together.