HENDERSON COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — Conserving Carolina is working to transform an abandoned golf course in Etowah back to its original state by reintroducing the butternut tree.
“Butternut was once common across the landscape; it’s got thousand cankers disease, it’s working towards extinction,” Torry Nergart with Conserving Carolina said. “We’re hoping these will be resilient against that disease.”
Nergart and volunteers are planting butternuts at the Pleasant Grove location…