July 28, 2014
A Reservation Walkabout
Reservation Supervisor Vince Falcione (yellow shirt in photo) gave us a tour of Black's Nook and the Butterfly Meadow behind Neville Place. Vince told us some of the history of Black's Nook: Its early role in the 19th century ice industry, attempts to fill it in (ultimately unsuccessful), years of neglect, a recent restoration, and now a quiet spot for contemplation.
In the Butterfly Meadow Vince showed us several American Chestnut cultivars that have been bred to be resistant to the Chestnut blight. One of the trees has produced fruit.