After wildfires ripped through large parts of northern Saskatchewan, leaving charred and barren ground in their wake, a tree-planting program is helping to restore the natural landscape of Narrow Hills Provincial Park.

Last month, a group of five people planted 73,080 trees in the provincial park northeast of Prince Albert. The group planted 60,120 jack pines and 12,960 spruce trees, and the provincial government said plants in the area are once again starting to grow and flourish.

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“Amid the newly planted trees, various grasses, shrubs, and deciduous trees like

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