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Participation fee $0
Expenses $0
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Primary school no
Secondary school no
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Required Gear:

No gear is required. We give trained participants all necessary documents and equipment. Additional equipment which make counting easier can be purchased.


Chestnut Mega-Transect


Document status of American chestnuts along Appalachian Trail.
Identify and count American chestnuts along 1 miles segments.

The goal of the Chestnut Mega-Transect Project is to document the current status of American chestnuts along the Appalachian Trail. Using the idea that the Appalachian Trail is really a transect through a unique US ecosystem, TACF trains hikers to identify and count American chestnuts along the Appalachian Trail as divided into approximately 1 miles segments.