[bozoUser]

how can one find areas in the bay area to go plan trees with a bunch of friends and not be associated with any campaigns etc?

With varying local rules and regulations, plant species adaptability, invasive vs non-invasive species debate raging on, it would be great to have a website which gives you info. about the local areas in the range of 100 miles where one can go and plant trees with this information readily available;

I would go one step ahead and propose to also have the saplings shipped or sold either from this website or have distribution centers/farms closer to the region where these saplings can be collected; these centers would be similar to your regular Home Depots etc. where you would have all the information readily available; One can also pay a subscription fees of 5$/month to have the farm take care of these saplings until it becomes self sufficient.

Before someone asks about how we would raise the initial capital for these distribution centers is thru carbon tax/federal/state funds.