Sam McInturff is a tireless
chestnut worker in East Tennessee
(Photos by Joe Schibig (May 22-25, 2006)
Lloyd, Sam (center), and Jack
at Sam's TACF Back Cross orchard
in Blount County, Tennessee
Lloyd helps Sam release a
potential mother tree in the Cherokee National Forest,
Polk Co., TN.
Jack measures determines the
diameter (about 12 inches) of the largest blight-free American chestnut
known
in eastern Tennessee. It is located at an elevation of 4500 ft. in
Cherokee National Forest (Monroe Co., TN).
Jerry, Jack, Lloyd, and Joe
help Sam release several potential chestnut mother trees in mountainous
Monroe County, TN.
From the left, Lloyd, Jack,
Joe, and Jerry relax after helping Sam release
an 11-inch dbh chestnut mother tree in Cherokee National Forest, Monroe Co., TN.
Pink lady's slipper and flame azalea are two beautiful wildflowers found with American chestnut in the mountains of East TN.
An awesome view of the mountainous Cherokee National Forest from the Cherohala skyway
Resurrecting the American chestnut
