A native tree that has been on the verge of extinction throughout eastern American forests for over a century will be the first in Fairfield County to grow in a special preserve in Greenwich. The Greenwich Land Trust joined 50 volunteers at the Duck Pond Hill Preserve along Burning Tree Road to plant nearly 400 American Chestnut Tree seedlings from Virginia at its new acre and a half American Chestnut Tree Sanctuary.
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