Sunlight filtered through the overstory of a thick Pennsylvania forest and a few rays fell upon the long, serrated leaves of the American chestnut trees down below. The higher Mike Manes ...

The mission of the American Chestnut Research and Restoration Project ... and an emerging threat called Beech Leaf Disease (which is rapidly spreading on American beech trees throughout the eastern US ...

[via Inhabitat] Between logging and the introduction of chestnut blight, the once prevalent American ... trees in the southern range were killed by Phytophthora root rot (PRR), the chestnut blight ...

The possibility that the transgenic American chestnut trees may have higher levels of blight resistance than the Chinese chestnut control is supported by another experiment using trees with smaller ...

You’ve probably heard of chestnut trees. And depending on where you live, it’s possible you’ve even driven down a Chestnut Street in your hometown. But have you ever seen a healthy American ...

[via Inhabitat] Between logging and the introduction of chestnut blight, the once prevalent American ... trees in the southern range were killed by Phytophthora root rot (PRR), the chestnut blight ...

ELKINS, W.Va. (WBOY) — The Kump Education Center in Elkins welcomed community members Wednesday evening for a lecture titled “Returning the American Chestnut to Our Forests.” The event ...