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THE JEWISH NEWS

ree after tree stood or lay Bear buckle on his belt, presides
black and denuded. Though over a bustling forestry depart-
random patches of green ment which has its work, now
were evident, the earth was more than ever, cut out for it. The
covered with shades of gray, key coordinator of a massive eval-
uation, planning and redevelop-
brown or black ash.
This was the scene after the ment program, already in high
largest conflagration in Israel's gear, he is dealing with the ques-
history which, on July 2, 1995, de- tions at hand: How can we now
stroyed thousands of acres of make a forest that will be less sus-
trees and forest land in the ceptible to fire? How can we pro-
Jerusalem Corridor and left well tect our communities? How can
over a hundred people from we better coordinate the various
agencies at work in the area?
Moshav Shoresh homeless.
Moshav Shoresh had been a And, of course, how should the
quiet, prosperous, pastoral com- forest be restored?
Within days of the disaster, a
munity known for its hotel and
its cherry orchards. Today it is group of fact-finding and advi-
fighting for its life. Twenty-four sory teams were formed to assess
out of Shoresh's 60 homes were the extent and nature of the dam-
destroyed and 12 damaged in the age and to plan for the future. As
fire; two of its three industries the fire occurred on the road up
were destroyed; and the only re- to Jerusalem, a route extolled by
maining source of income — the visitors to the city for its beauti-
hotel— is presently providing ful majestic pines, Environment
homeless members with a place Minister Yossi Sarid has declared
to live. Help came recently in the the restoration an issue of na-
form of a $100,000 grant, pre- tional priority.
The new forest will be differ-
sented by Jewish Agency Chair-
man Avraham Burg to the ent in several important respects
victims on behalf of the Jewish from the old forest, says Dr.
Agency, Keren Hayesod and the Zachs. "While the old forest was
planted some 60 years ago for the
Joint Appeal of Great Britain.
As Moshav Shoresh's members purposes of soil conservation, land
steadily clear away the piles of protection and employment, the
blackened trees left in the wake new forest will be for landscaping
of the fire and struggle to rebuild and recreation."
In addition, the very face of the
their community, JNF crews are
hard at work cleaning up the mil- forest will undergo dramatic
lions of pieces of debris still re- change, with the help of Israel's
maining in the forest. They must premier landscape architect,
be cleared by this coming winter Shlomo Aronson, and new vari-
when the first plantings will take eties of sturdier local pine will
place in the forest redevelopment take the place of the burned
pines, alongside oak, cedar,
program.
Dr. Zachs, dressed in cool JNF
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greens and sporting a Smokey the