Great Plains Woodturners
Woodturning Club in Lincoln, Nebraska

 In August of 2010 our club was privileged to receive some of the wood from two 150-200 year old American Chestnut trees  that had died at Arbor Lodge.  Dr. Scott Josiah , a member of our club, made arrangements to acquire some of this  rare wood for our club . In exchange for the wood our club agreed that once we had turned the wood, several  of the turned pieces would be put on permanent  display at the  Nebraska Forest Service headquarters on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s East Campus and at Arbor Lodge.  The project is now nearing  completion and in December the pieces to be displayed will  be selected.   While each of us would like to keep this piece of history, we would  all be honored to have our work chosen for  display.   Joanie Cradick  has written an article about this project that was published in the Lincoln Journal Star.  To read the entire article click on the link below.

Journal Star Article

http://journalstar.com/entertainment/arts-and-culture/article_9b59fd36-2c0c-5627-b8e2-463c4df8895e.html