Camden, Maine - Save the American Chestnut! Volunteers are needed to help with planting American Chestnut seedlings at Merryspring Nature Center in Camden on Saturday, June 2 at 9 a.m. Volunteers will be cutting down and stacking three to six chestnut blight-addled trees as well as planting new seedlings grown from Merryspring’s chestnut restoration orchard.
The American Chestnut was once the most abundant and prolific deciduous tree on the East Coast. Its numbers have all but disappeared after an invasive pathogen called Chestnut Blight arrived in North America in the 1920s. Through its partnership with the American Chestnut Foundation, Merryspring has its very own restoration orchard to assist in the effort of creating blight-resistant chestnut seedlings and welcoming this mighty tree back to our landscape.
This will be a big job and will require many extra hands. Volunteers are advised to bring work gloves and water bottles when helping out. Come play a role in one of the greatest come-back stories ever told.
If you are interested in lending a hand, please contact Merryspring Nature Center Environmental Educator Brett Willard at 236-2239 or by email at education@merryspring.org.
Merryspring is a member-supported, non-profit nature education center and park located at the end of Conway Road just off Rt. 1 by the Hannaford shopping plaza in Camden. For more information, call Merryspring at 236-2239 or visit the website at www.merryspring.org.
Eric Evans of the American Chestnut Foundation’s Maine Chapter is a key player in the restoration project.
Event Date/Time: Saturday, June 2 at 9 a.m.
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