The goal of this "assisted migration" experiment is to see if humans could not only help the American chestnut tree deal with climate change but also help restore it.

Seeds lying deep inside a sleepy hillside orchard could play a crucial role in the regeneration of the embattled American chestnut tree. Early Friday morning, a team of volunteers dropped about 1,000 ...

A local orchard will become a test site in the rejuvenation of the beleaguered  American Chestnut tree Friday during a tree ...

This produced 11,700 American chestnut seeds, over twice as many as the 5,378 harvested last year. Most of these are T3 crosses (third generation), but this number also includes 560 T4 (fourth ...

All over eastern North America right now, chestnut breeders are pollinating tree flowers. "So here is actually some flowers," ...

WSSC Water originally teamed up with the American Chestnut Foundation back in 2007 to create Chestnut Tree Orchards in Brookeville, Maryland. Since then thousands of seeds have been planted, and ...

American chestnut trees could see a comeback on Long Island, thanks to the efforts of environmentalists who ... Seeds are carefully cultivated with the help of a volunteer from the state ...

The American Chestnut Foundation grew concerned, too, about SUNY ESF’s interest in using a for-profit company to eventually grow seeds, a move the school meant to help scale up distribution but ...

American chestnut trees often grew over 100 feet tall and dominated the Pennsylvania woods until blight signaled ... homes, and coffins for centuries. Its seeds, encased in large prickly ...

By the end of this summer, the Maine Chapter of The American Chestnut Foundation will have planted almost 100 new wild chestnut tree seedlings at 10 locations around Maine. 100 seedlings, 10 locales ...

Seeds lying deep inside a sleepy hillside orchard could play a crucial role in the regeneration of the embattled American chestnut tree. Early Friday morning, a team of volunteers dropped about 1,0… ...