Students and staff at Volunteer State Community College in Gallatin, Tennessee plant an American chestnut tree on campus to celebrate
Earth Day, 2006
 

Nancy Morris places soil around the chestnut tree (photo by Lloyd Fly, April 24, 2006).

 

 

From the left, Nancy Morris, Tom Miller, Joe Schibig, Sandra Cumming, Lloyd Fly and
 Hal Ramer pose behind the newly planted tree (photo by Lloyd Fly, April 24, 2006).

A terrible tornado ripped through the VSCC campus on April 7, 2006 and destroyed many of the trees;
Planting a chestnut tree was a start toward replacing these trees (photo by Eric Melcher, April, 2006).