Training I ~ Friday, February 22, 2013: 7:00-9:00pm ~~~~ Planting event ~ Saturday, March 2, 2013: 10:00am-3:00pm ~~~~ Training II ~ Late summer, TBD

Date: Friday, February 22, 2013 7:00-9:00pm
Training I ~ Planting and management of American chestnut

American chestnut restoration, breeding, and planting, and the history of and techniques for mined land reforestation
Where: Abingdon Branch of the Washington County Public Library
205 Oak Hill St. NE
Abingdon, VA

Date: Saturday, March 2, 2013 10:00am-3:00pm

Planting event ~
Outdoors: Join us for a planting at properties in southwestern VA to apply lessons learned in the initial training.
Where: Clintwood, VA

*** These properties are privately owned. The owners have asked us to not publicly advertise the exact locations.

Date: TBD, late summer 2013
Training II ~ Monitoring techniques for restoration
Outdoors: Site selection, forest mensuration and monitoring of forest plantings