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Cliff Drouet, with ARRI (Appalachian Regional Reforestation Initiative) Forester, explains the tree planting process to the volunteers that showed up to help plant trees at Wendell H. Ford Region Training Center in Greenville Kentucky March 14, 2024 as part of the forest restoration project headed up by Beam Suntory. Kentucky National Guard Soldiers and civilians with the Kentucky Division of Forestry, R.J. Reynolds and Beam Suntory, were all represented. All the trees to be planted were purchased by Beam Suntory in efforts reclaim the old mind land and build something sustainable for the foreseeable future. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Class Benjamin Crane)

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Photo by: Sgt. 1st Class Benjamin Crane |  VIRIN: 240314-Z-OO829-1209.JPG