Photo by Katie Chandler | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville District | 04.26.2024
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District Park Ranger, Jim Merkley, explains planting procedures for the American Chestnut seedling to the volunteers at Patoka Lake, Dubois, Ind., Apr. 26, 2024. Each seedling planted was marked with a white flag for tracking purposes and to highlight the seedling's location to prevent accidental damage....
Photo by Katie Chandler | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville District | 04.26.2024
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District Park Ranger, Jim Merkley, walks through the half acre plot of land near their project office that is home to 300 American Chestnut seedlings at Patoka Lake, Dubois, Ind., Apr. 26, 2024. The plot is divided into two lots that contain two separate strands of American Chestnut seedlings....
Photo by Katie Chandler | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville District | 04.26.2024
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District Park Ranger, Jim Merkley, explains planting procedures for the American Chestnut seedling to the volunteers at Patoka Lake, Dubois, Ind., Apr. 26, 2024. Each seedling planted was marked with a white flag for tracking purposes and to highlight the seedling's location to prevent accidental damage....
Photo by Katie Chandler | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville District | 04.26.2024
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District Park Ranger, Jim Merkley, erects a seven-and-a-half-foot deer exclusion fence along with several other volunteers to protect the half acre field of 300 American Chestnut seedlings from potential predators at Patoka Lake, Dubois, Ind., Apr. 26, 2024....
Photo by Katie Chandler | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville District | 04.26.2024
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers volunteer, Catie Fleming, volunteers to plant American Chestnut seedlings at Patoka Lake, Dubois, Ind., Apr. 26, 2024. Fleming was one of several volunteers participating in the environmental project....
Photo by Katie Chandler | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville District | 04.26.2024
An identification marker is placed at each site of a planted American Chestnut seedling with the name of its planter for tracking purposes and to highlight the seedling's location to prevent accidental damage at Patoka Lake, Dubois, Ind., Apr. 26, 2024....
Photo by Katie Chandler | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville District | 04.26.2024
Shawn Dooley, an engineer for the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division, volunteers to plant American Chestnut seedlings at Patoka Lake, Dubois, Ind., Apr. 26, 2024. Dooley who was representing the Dubois Ruritan Club was one of several volunteers participating in the environmental project....
