It is now more than a century since the American chestnut tree - once 4 billion strong and an icon of East Coast forests - fell victim to a foreign blight. By 1950, it had virtually disappeared.

American chestnut trees often grew over 100 feet tall and dominated the Pennsylvania woods until blight signaled their demise, but now there are new efforts to restore them.

The American Chestnut Foundation is on a mission the last 40 years to reintroduce this fascinating and multifaceted tree to its native range in the eastern U.S.

The American chestnut tree was nearly wiped out by disease. But efforts are underway to develop a new strain that's more resistant to blight.

SUNY ESF scientists seek federal approval to restore the American chestnut tree that was all but wiped out 100 years ago.

Chestnut oak, however, is considered a poor lumber species. White oak lumber has been used for a variety of purposes including log cabins, ships, wagon wheels and furniture. It also is preferred for ...

To tackle this problem, he uses deer spray and mesh nets. Emery and other volunteers planted around 6,000 chestnut trees in the orchard in effort to breed blight-resistant chestnut tree hybrids.

Late on Friday, December 8th, the American Chestnut Foundation (TACF) announced they were withdrawing their support for the “Darling 58” (D58) genetically engineered American chestnut tree. As ...

Garnas says chestnut experts are going in a few different directions now, looking at a range of genes that could make the trees more successful. But the 150 chestnuts at Kingman still have some ...

A forest giant lost to disease American chestnut was once a common tree in the eastern U.S. as far north as the southern Adirondacks, but it fell victim to a fungus native to Asia in the early 1900s.