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Indiana DNR Looking for Acorns

By: Web Producer
Updated: October 22, 2007
     They are a pain in your lawn mower, but Indiana's Department of Natural Resources might want those acorns sitting in your yard. The Department's Division of Forestry is looking for acorns from certain oak species. It's part of a program that distributes 4 million seedlings each year to Indiana residents for reforestation, wildlife enhancement, wind-break establishment and erosion control.

Here are the trees they're looking for, examples of their leaves and the price per good seed:
Chinkapin Oak  $0.0250














Bur Oak   $0.0300













White Oak  $0.0175
















Swamp Chestnut Oak  $0.0250













Swamp White Oak  $0.0250














Overcup Oak  $0.0250
















Chestnut Oak  $0.0175

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