Jim Brady by one of the American chestnut trees on his property in Olean on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024. Joed Viera/Buffalo News ...

The Town of Simsbury announced Oct. 11 that reports made by local hikers over the summer had identified a mature purebred American chestnut tree at Ethel Walker Woods. "The tree is a rare find in ...

In the early 20th century, a blight fungus wiped out most of the 4 billion American chestnut trees on the eastern seaboard. The loss was ecologically devastating. Short Wave host Emily Kwong dives ...

These are original American chestnut trees, and I have emailed colleges and many other people to no avail. I guess they’re truly not interested.

Varying approaches to recovery. Those seeking to restore chestnut forests have taken three approaches: selective breeding to cultivate blight resistance in surviving 100% American chestnut trees ...

A startup called American Castanea has joined the quest to revive the American chestnut tree, the first step in its plan to give forests a genetic upgrade. Under a slice-of-heaven sky, 150 acres ...

Researchers at the College of Natural Resources and Environment have collaborated with the American Chestnut Foundation, and together, they confirmed that native trees adapt to their environment ...

Still, American chestnut trees are better suited for timber, they're culturally loved by people all over North America and they used to be an important species for the ecological health of forests ...

The project aims to plant 1,000 American Chestnut trees in New York City over the course of several years. The species is considered functionally extinct due to a blight caused by a fungus ...

Still, American chestnut trees are better suited for timber, they're culturally loved by people all over North America and they used to be an important species for the ecological health of forests ...