“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 ...

Aug 17, 2024 Aug 17, 2024 Updated Aug 18, 2024 The American chestnut tree was one of the most populous and mighty trees in eastern North America before a blight over the past century brought it to ...

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 ...

Yet American chestnut trees are best appreciated in forests ... But for this, the trees still would thrive in North America. Now we have an opportunity to save the chestnut through the miracle ...

A new festival in Castanea Township, Clinton County, looks to celebrate the area’s chestnut history and raise awareness about its recovery efforts.

An additional step, regeneration, is needed for embryo tissue culture. The following explains the process of tissue culture for American chestnut somatic embryos (non-zygotic embryos established from ...

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources invites people interested in wildlife and outdoor skills to check out the winter program schedule for the Minnesota Outdoor Skills and Stewardship webinar ...