One way to save the American chestnut could be hybridization, the cross-pollination of American chestnuts with Japanese and Chinese varieties. Another technique being used in Syracuse involves the ...

The New York Restoration Project has launched an effort to plant 1,000 thriving American chestnut trees that are a hybrid ...

T he pathogen that killed off the American chestnut arrived before 1900, carried on Japanese chestnut saplings imported for ...

Founding members of the New York Chapter of The American Chestnut Foundation approached Dr. William Powell and Dr. Charles Maynard of ESF in 1989, asking them about using modern tools of genetic ...

NYC residents can receive free hybrid chestnut trees from the NY Restoration Project to help revive the species.

At one time there were billions of American chestnuts in the Appalachian Mountains. Today, because of chestnut blight, ...

it’s possible you’ve even driven down a Chestnut Street in your hometown. But have you ever seen a healthy American chestnut tree in a forest? The odds are low. As the Wall Street Journal ...

“Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire” is playing on the radio now in the Northern Hemisphere which begs the question, “What happened to the American chestnut?” Would you be surprised to ...

“Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire” is playing on the radio now in the Northern Hemisphere which begs the question, “What happened to the American chestnut?” Would you be surprised to ...