This hiking staff is made of American Chestnut, crafted by a volunteer.  
PA-TACF’s mission is to restore the American Chestnut tree to the forests and woodlands of Pennsylvania and mid-Atlantic.  Their volunteers have planted more than 35,000 trees.  According to the American Chestnut Foundation, “the demise of the American chestnut tree is one of the greatest ecological disasters of the current era. The American chestnut was the keystone of the ecology and economy of the eastern United States throughout the 1800s. It was a fast growing, rot-resistant tree, that was essential to the timber industry-- and produced a reliable crop of nuts for both wildlife and human consumption. The loss of the species due to a deadly fungus left a huge gap in the forest ecosystem.

PA-TACF is moved to action; the PA Chapter of the American Chestnut Foundation and it's volunteers maintain more than 150 orchards in Pennsylvania and have planted more than 32,000 trees.