The American chestnut was once one of the dominant tree species in the eastern forests of the United States, towering over all other tree species in the forest. Due to its dominance of presence in the ...

At the Kingman Research Farm just outside of the University of New Hampshire campus, there’s an orchard of chestnut trees, growing under the watchful eyes of researchers. The American chestnut was a ...

Sep. 14—Not too long ago, Bob Ellsberg and his dog, Rosie, walked into a grove of trees growing between Pipeline Road and the Walluski River. What they found were chestnut trees. Big chestnut trees.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chestnuts, once a staple in the American kitchen, especially among indigenous people, have all but disappeared. Yet, there are ...

Scientists have a plan to restore the nearly extinct American chestnut to its abundant glory, and they need New York City residents’ help. The New York Restoration Project has launched an effort to ...

And like cypress, the American chestnut is valued for its beauty. These days few chestnut trees manage to reach maturity due to a devastating fungus. Steve Inskeep got one expert on the phone who says ...

ASHEVILLE, NC - April 29, 2013 at 10 am, volunteers from the Carolinas Chapter of The American Chestnut Foundation (TACF) will gather to plant 100 potentially blight and root-rot resistant American ...

The woodland in my backyard on the outskirts of Decatur now has a new distinction — the home of two American chestnut trees, planted there last week by my forestry friend, Dale Higdon. The trees — or ...

THE TROUBLE began in 1904, at the Bronx Zoo: Specimens of Asian chestnut trees, resistant to blight, quickly passed the fungus to their American counterparts up and down the East Coast, moving from ...

It is an exciting time in the field of conservation and biotechnology. For the first time, it appears likely that a tree that has been developed with genetic engineering (GE) could be approved by U.S.