Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire” is playing on the radio now in the Northern Hemisphere which begs the question, “What ...

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 ...

Several decades later, we are seeking government approval to begin distributing the first blight-tolerant transgenic American chestnut. These trees were produced by inserting a gene called oxalate ...

Our goal is to reintroduce a population of these tolerant trees back into forest ecosystems of the eastern United States. The American Chestnut Project has evolved from basic research into a ...

Loon Echo Land Trust Stewardship Manager Jon Evans and Kim Colson, a volunteer with the American Chestnut Foundation in ...

Though the American chestnut tree was once a major part of the eastern United States landscape, it pretty much went extinct ...

Retired financial planner Jim Brady spends his days tending to his hundred-acre wood − maintaining trails, spotting wildlife and fostering American chestnut trees. When he bought the property ...