Meat shoot

Meat shoot

Lowellville

The Lowellville Rod and Gun Club is having a meat shoot at 6:30 p.m. Thursday.

For information, call 330-507-2330.

ODNR helping to restore chestnut trees

COLUMBUS

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources recently planted American chestnut trees at three sites on department-managed lands. The Gorge Overlook area at Mohican State Park, the Scioto Trail State Forest fire tower and the Waterloo Wildlife Area were selected for a reforestation project that is part of a state and regional effort to re-establish the native American chestnut trees in partnership with The American Chestnut Foundation.

“We are happy to be a part of helping to return the American chestnut to landscapes across Ohio and the region,” said Robert Boyles, ODNR deputy director and state forester. “The American chestnut was such an important component of our country’s eastern hardwood forest, and that is why great efforts are being made to resurrect this great tree to our woodlands.”

ODNR staff from the divisions of Forestry, Ohio State Parks and Wildlife conducted the plantings, with volunteer assistance from the Mohican Trails Club at Mohican State Park.

Approximately 1,000 seedlings were divided among the three sites. Tree shelter tubes were installed on the young trees to provide a greenhouse-like atmosphere and offer protection from wildlife browsing and to promote growth and increase seedling survival.

The year-old seedlings were donated by TACF, and the foundation is dedicated to the restoration of the American chestnut through scientific breeding and cooperative research. These seedlings, known as “Restoration” chestnuts, were bred at TACF’s Meadowview Research Farms in Virginia and were grown at the Clements State Tree Nursery in West Virginia.

To learn more about Ohio’s woodlands, visit the ODNR Division of Forestry’s website at forestry.ohiodnr.gov.

Staff reports

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