Acknowledgements
Sincere thanks to Fred Hebard of the American Chestnut
Foundation for supplying chestnut seeds and to Phillip Leach of the
Kentucky Division of Forestry for seedling production. We are
grateful for assistance in site preparation, seedling planting and
field measurements from colleagues at the Daniel Boone NF,
Kentucky Division of Forestry and University of Kentucky. John
Perry and Steven Shaper assisted with project operations at the
Berea College Forest sites. Thanks to Millie Hamilton for analysis of
soil N extracts and Banning Starr of the USFS Rocky Mountain
Research Station for leaf tissue analysis. Laurie Porth, Rudy King
and David Turner of the USFS Rocky Mountain Research Station
provided statistical consultation. Guidance from Susan Miller and