Efforts aim to restore chestnut to Virginia forests

by KATIE DUNN • Staff Writer
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Hannah Angel, a sophomore studying forestry at the University of Kentucky, lends a hand last Saturday at the University of Virginia’s College at Wise planting chestnuts on an abandoned mine site behind the school. Some 70 volunteers spent almost five hours planting 400 chestnuts and 700 other hardwood species. KATIE DUNN PHOTO.Click Hereto order photo reprints


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