Colleagues:

Chestnut trees are going to be on TV this weekend and next week.  Do you
get the Turner South channel?  The program is called: Natural South.  Next
week's episode is "The Story of the American Chestnut."  The schedule is
posted at:

http://www.turnersouth.com/schedule/detail/0,,1511470,00.html

Tune in, if you can, and let me know what you think,

Hill


p.s. Warning: in light of the recent controversy surrounding television
content in America,  I fell compelled to mention that "The Story of the
American Chestnut" discusses the sexual reproduction of chestnut trees in a
frank and straightforward manner and includes some quite explicit
photographic and videotaped sequences.


Natural South, The
Story of the American Chestnut

Episode# 301
Release Year: 2004
TV Rating: TV-G

Storyline: Many of the peaks of the central Appalachians were so thoroughly
crowded with American Chestnut trees that, when their canopies were filled
with creamy-white flowers, the mountains appeared snow-capped. But, an
invasive Asian fungus came to New York in 1904, and the trees began to
disappear. After years of research, however, scientists finally have the
genetic key that will bring back this true American beauty. A Turner South
Original Production. Closed-Captioned.


Future Airings:
Feb 07, 2004, 10:00 AM/ET
Feb 08, 2004, 08:00 AM/ET
Feb 12, 2004, 07:30 PM/ET
Mar 06, 2004, 10:00 AM/ET
Mar 07, 2004, 08:00 AM/ET
Mar 11, 2004, 07:30 PM/ET


J. Hill Craddock
Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
615 McCallie Ave
Chattanooga, TN  37403-2598  USA

http://www.utc.edu/~jcraddoc/