Why the Navy manages its own private white oak forest
NOV 16, 2020 1:22 PM EST
At Naval Support Activity Crane, near Bloomington, Indiana the U.S. Navy maintains "Constitution Grove," where a forest of white oaks are grown for the sole purpose of restoring and refitting the USS Constitution, the oldest commissioned vessel still sailing (the UK's HMS Victory is older than Constitution, but remains in drydock).
So while old growth forest is removed from the grove from time to time, the Navy will continue to make sure middle aged trees (70-80 years old) are in good health for the future and that the North American white oaks will create new saplings for as long as Constitution is afloat.
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