American Chestnut Trees Planted in Topsham

MAINE ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS • June 24, 2020

On Monday, Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust welcomed Larry Totten of the American Chestnut Foundation to the Tarbox Preserve in Topsham. ACF is a national organization whose mission is to preserve and protect the native chestnut tree as well as to cultivate and plant blight-resistant trees. Totten, brought twelve saplings grown at UMaine-Orono. With the help of Stewardship Manager Margaret Gerber and summer interns, the Tarbox Preserve is now home to those twelve chestnut saplings, which will eventually grow into a small grove.