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Klaus Tree Gets Help |
| We give thanks to the combined efforts of three Georgia groups
interested in preserving native trees, GaTACF, The Ga Botanical
Society and the Pine Mountain Trail Association. All worked together to bring scaffolding to the "Klaus" tree in
the FDR State Park on Saturday. The timing was perfect as it
coincided with the Bot Soc's Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage which took
place all around Pine Mountain. Without the wonderful work of
these groups, it would have taken days to get the scaffold to the
tree.
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Due to an AP article by Elliott Minor
(Read news story here) about the tree which was picked up nationwide,
many people came to see this rare Piedmont specimen. The Macon
Telegraph also printed another article about the efforts of TACF.
Fox News
sent a camera crew and reporter to cover the event.
Georgia Public Broadcasting is also doing an entire feature on the
pollination of the tree and will cover the entire process into the
fall. Nathan Klaus the "tree finder" was also interviewed by
NPR on their "All Things Considered" show. The article also
appeared in these, as well as many other TV stations, publications and websites
even to Cape Town, South Africa. |
MSNBC
11 Alive
ABC News
CBS News
CTv.ca
THV2, Little Rock
Yahoo News
The
Seattle Post Intelligencer
The Evansville Courier
My Way
Environmental News
Network
The Boston Globe
The Examiner
The Lake Wylie Pilot, SC
The Washington Times
Grand Rapids Press
Macon Times
Macon Telegraph
WIS Columbia South Carolina
Sky Valley Journal , Wyoming
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Washington Post
The New York Times
Chicago Tribune
Los Angeles Times
The Tulsa World
The
Chattanoogan
Access North Georgia
The AZ Central
The Fruit Blog
Orange County Register
The Daily Hampshire Gazette
Vermont Reformer
The ContraCosta Times
HappyNews.com
Newsday
Houston Chronicle
Lakeland Ledger
Independent Online Cape Town (South Africa) |
Dave Keehn is interviewed about GaTACF's efforts in
Georgia and, in particular, the Klaus tree |
Dave explains the flowering stages
of the chestnut and shows what we look for when pollinating. |
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Film crews abound as the scaffold starts to move |
It was a smooth down hill trail, but the scaffold sure
got heavy after the half mile trek. Pine Mountain Trail Association
Members shown here. |
