 Lukens who went with the party and looked with a feeling of pride on the result of his efforts many years ago," The "Los Angeles Times" reported June 12, 1915.Although Lukens' advocacy of reforestation was well received by local officials, it does not appear that further reforestation efforts were carried out.The 1915 article went on to predict, "as a result of this foresight and the trip yesterday, 1,000,000 trees perhaps will be planted on the barren and burned stretches of the mountains this year."