Post Views: 1,506 HICKORY, NC (February 8, 2017)…The American Chestnut tree, once twenty-five percent of the hardwood forests of the eastern United States is virtually extinct, but there are hopes for its restoration. This is part of what members of Newcomers of Catawba County learned at their monthly general meeting held at the Hickory Regional … Continue reading Chestnut Restoration May Be Happening