The US Navy keeps a forest at the ready for a very special ship in its fleet: The USS Constitution. At 225 years old, she is the oldest still commissioned ship in the world and in order to keep her looking her best, she is repaired with white oak. There isn’t much natural white oak left and so the Navy has undertaken a project to make sure that Old Ironsides stays in good repair by growing the trees themselves. Call it national security, if you like.

In this video we’ll learn how our tax payer dollars are hard at work growing trees.

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