Rex Mann, American chestnut evangelist, died July 2, aged 81

Mongabay
Aug 8, 2025, 4:58 am114 pts
Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. For most Americans, the loss of a tree might pass unnoticed. For Rex Mann, it changed the course of his life. As a boy growing up in the mountains of western North Carolina, Mann…

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