A KKL-JNF team set out to gather pine cones from the tops of the trees along the Nahal Tut stream in northern Israel, to provide seeds for the next generation of pine forests. KKL-JNF produces three tons of seeds every year, and this huge seed bank is the source of the vast number of trees that the organization plants all over the country. Pine seeds are gathered during the hot summer months, when the cones are mature but have not yet opened; the seeds are still inside them, waiting to be scattered.
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