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Winter Storm Hits Maryland, Part 3
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Md. Works To Restore American Chestnut Tree
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Maryland highway officials are helping restore the American chestnut tree, a native of the state's forests.
The State Highway Administration and the Maryland chapter of the American Chestnut Foundation signed an agreement on Tuesday to plant the trees on nearly two acres of land near the Hampstead Bypass in Carroll County. Planting is scheduled to begin next spring.
The trees to be planted are the product of new technology and breeding techniques. They are a cross between Chinese and American chestnut trees and are meant to be resistant to blight. Millions of acres of American chestnut trees were lost in the last century because of their poor resistance to an Asian fungus.
The American chestnut can grow up to 100 feet tall.
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