Todd Foster, 336th Training Group training area manager,

Todd Foster, 336th Training Group training area manager, poses with a sapling July 29, 2015, at Colville National Forest, Wash. Because of the efforts from the Foster and Rick Hall, Air Force liaison to the U.S. Forest Service, between 500 and 1,200 trees per area, have been planted in U.S. Air Force Survival School training areas giving nature a jumpstart by 10 to 15 years.