Something I'm not directly involved in, since I work with animals, and more specifically herptiles. But plants are wildlife, too:
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http://www.nbc4.com/goinggreen/1623...l=headlineclick
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Md. Wildlife Officials Try To Revive Chestnut Trees
POSTED: 7:55 am EDT May 12, 2008
UPDATED: 8:49 am EDT May 12, 2008
FLINTSTONE, Md. -- The Maryland Park Service is planting chestnut trees today in an effort to restore the once-mighty tree after it was nearly wiped out by disease.
The Park Service and the American Chestnut Foundation are headed to Rocky Gap State Park Nature Center in Allegany County today to plant the first in Maryland of a new breed of chestnut developed to resist disease.
Chestnuts were once common along the Appalachian Mountains and grew so big they were called the "Redwood of the East."
But an Asian fungus started infecting American chestnuts more than 100 years ago, nearly wiping out the estimated 4 billion that were living at the time.
Scientists have produced a new hybrid chestnut tree that resists disease, and thousands have been planted across Appalachia. Today, the tree will be planted for the first time in Maryland.