"There's a commercial need for chestnut wood," Eck said. "It doesn't rot easily. Each one of these is going to turn into a nice telephone pole someday."
Geez! This is the best thing this guy said that LNP could quote? These chestnuts were being planted on LCC land -- they're going to make a terrific forest some day -- NOT telephone poles! By the time these trees reach that height, there won't be a need for telephone poles anyway -- we'll have all switched to cell phones!
