Stamford Museum & Nature Center continued their special partnership with the American Chestnut Foundation (TACF) during “Take a Hike” week. On Wednesday, April 18, TACF Regional Science Coordinator, Leila Pinchot and Volunteer Pat van de Kamp assisted Nature Center Staff in planting American chestnut seeds in the research grove at the Nature Center. The research grove was established in 2004, to help nurture the growth of blight-resistant American chestnut trees, and restore them to forests in the eastern United States.
Leila and Kids surround a growing tube which holds a seed of an American chestnut they just planted with their own hands at the Stamford nature Center. Photographer Will Kies [click on photo to see larger version]
New sign helps identify the trees and tell the Chestnut story. Photographer Will Kies [click on photo to see larger version]
