The American Chestnut Research and Restoration Project team remains committed to chestnut and tree restoration research, building off nearly 35 years of dedicated work and study. Our research so far ...

After decades of innovative research, researchers at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) are working with regulatory agencies to receive permission to distribute the ...

Fungal blight decimated the American chestnut tree in the early 20th century, killing billions of trees and altering the life cycle of the species native to the Appalachian Mountain region.

As recently as August 2023, TACF was promoting the D58 as a “revolutionary transgenic American chestnut tree with enhanced blight tolerance” for use in “restoration” of the species.

In the early 20th century, though, a fungal disease known as chestnut blight was accidentally introduced to the U.S., after which it quickly spread and destroyed the American chestnut population.

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.

The American chestnut — once among the largest, tallest, fastest-growing trees in the eastern U.S. woodlands — could see a revival on Long Island.

The American Chestnut Research and Restoration Project at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse is hoping to bring the tree back to our landscapes.

In this Wednesday July, 23 2014 photo, College of William and Mary assistant biology professor Harmony Dalgleish, left, and Sara Fitzsimmons, of the American Chestnut Foundation, pose for a photo at ...

About 3.5 billion American chestnut trees covering 9 million acres -- used by farmers and their livestock for food, by woodworkers for furniture, fencing and home construction -- vanished by the ...