Don Sudbrink, Assistant Professor in Agriculture at Austin Peay State University,
directs the planting of American chestnut trees at the APSU farm (May, 2007).

(Photos and captions by Joe Schibig)

Steve steadies the auger as Chad operates the tractor and Don (right) looks on.

Don and Chad mix the soil with potting mix while Steve gets the vole-proofing wire ready.

Don ties the chestnut seedling to a stake while Steve and Chad shovel soil around the vole-proof cage.

Steve, Chad, and Don stand by one of 12  vole, rabbit, and deer-protected American chestnut seedlings.  To test
for the presence of  Phytophthora (a chestnut root rot fungus) and the effectiveness of Ridomil in killing it, Don
 watered half the trees with Ridomil while half the trees (the controls) got no Ridomil.

Please visit:  The TN-TACF website and Resurrecting the American chestnut