Tree Talks Lecture Series at The Kump Education Center: Returning the American Chestnut to Our Forests” by Mark Double

FREE MONTHLY TREE TALKS begin Wednesday, Jan. 22 at 7 p.m. at the Kump Education Center. The lectures are sponsored by the Elkins Tree Board and the KEC. Topics are: 1/22, “Witness Trees of the Monongahela National Forest” by Melissa Thomas-Van Gundy, USDA Forest Service; 2/26, Changing Bird Song in the Appalachian Forests” by Katie Garst; 3/26, “”Returning the American Chestnut to Our Forests” by Mark Double, WV Chapter of the American Chestnut Foundation; and 4/23, “Stress, Strain and Trees: An Introduction to Tree Mechanics” by Ken Beezley, D&E. All lectures begin at 7 p.m. Parking is available behind the historic Kump House, 401 Randolph Ave. (across from Kroger).