I had a bunch of root sprout American chestnut trees on my state game lands in Lancaster Co. some were as big as 8 inch diameter, they produced chestnuts until they eventually died and then more sprouts would start and take their place. Most of the trees would grow along the dirt service roads. I would pick a few off the ground each year and take them home and roast them, the rest I left for the squirrels and the hope that some might sprout and make it. One year the PGC was task hiring a bunch of dim bulbs who had probably never been in the woods to do some daylighting along the service road, their foreman was supposed to have been an outdoors man. Two days after they were on the game lands I went up to patrol and every one of those trees that were producint chestnuts were cut down. I was so ticked off when I saw it I called my regional office and raised you know what. It was too late to do anything about the damage but at least after the Land management supervisor found out I was assuded it would not happen again.