The chestnut trees of Europe tell a hidden story charting the fortunes of ancient Rome and the legacy it left in the ...

Chestnut wood disappeared from newly made furniture; people forgot the taste of the fruits, save those imported from abroad. Subsistence farmers lost their entire livelihoods. After reigning over ...

The loss of the American chestnut was a historic event, because the trees not only supplied nuts but also wood for home, coffin and furniture construction, and the raw material for making railroad ...

But in Sellwood, the community wanted to do something different. On Monday, they worked to ensure the wood from a massive chestnut tree didn’t go to waste. Crews used a crane and chainsaws to ...