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Old-Growth Oaks Poached From National Military Park

How do you value a century-old tree? That's a tough one when you factor in not just the board feet, but the value it provided to Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park in Georgia and Tennessee. It's a site that preserves and interprets key battles that helped cripple the Confederacy, and one that a 53-year-old man viewed as his private lumber yard.