The massive American beech tree outside the Stafford Township municipal complex was overcome by a bracket fungus (a.k.a. artist’s fungus) and has been cut back to a 10-foot portion of trunk wrapped in a blue tarp. Competitive chainsaw carver Kevin Treat will turn it into a work of art of his own design.
Treat, based in northeast Pennsylvania, won second place in the Tuckerton Seaport’s “Carve Wars” competition this year.
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