Re: speaking of trees


Donna wrote:
Speaking of trees....this showed up in my mailbox this am...

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Chestnut Trees To Spread Across Landscape Again Source: NEWSWISE/Science News


A Purdue University researcher is working to restore the American
chestnut, an important wildlife tree and timber resource that dominated
the landscape from Maine to Mississippi before it was driven to
near-extinction by a fungal disease introduced about 100 years ago.
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For those interested, American Chestnut Foundation:
http://www.acf.org
One of those rare cases when a pure guess worked the first time...
-jrf
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Jim Fisher
Vienna, Virginia USA
38.9 N 77.2 W
USDA Zone 7
Max. 105 F [40 C], Min. 5 F [-15 C]

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