Redstone Arsenal has a nature trail area near the Tennessee River where I like to walk my dogs. Then I noticed a lot of American Chestnut-like trees:

• Double trunked from single source.
• Last fall's seed pods, small and hairy (brought back a sample.)
• Evidence of small blight-like, killed trees, without bark.
• Some very straight, very tall trees whose trunks are about the diameter of a large power pole.
• Some leaf litter that includes semi-serrated leafs (brought back a sample.)

Tomorrow, I can go back and make some videos showing what I've seen including close ups of bark. I'll try to share images of the samples I found (they are in the glovebox.)

If this is a grove of American Chestnuts in the wild, what and to whom should I share what I've found?

BACKGROUND:

I'm a 74 year old, retired engineer with only a passing curiosity about the American Chestnut. I don't have the skills to know what I'm looking at. But I would be happy to give GPS coordinates or even guide an expert to this grove.

Thanks,

Bob Wilson