USDA Public Comment Period Concludes Alongside A Historic Favorable Deregulation Recommendation Of The Darling 54 Chestnut ...

SUNY ESF scientists seek federal approval to restore the American chestnut tree that was all but wiped out 100 years ago.

Sacramento’s American River Parkway will lose 600 trees for flood protection. Activists criticize the U.S. Army Corps plan, citing ecological impact.

Now, American Castanea, a new biotech startup, has created more than 2,500 transgenic chestnut seedlings— likely the first genetically modified trees to be considered for federal regulatory ...

“It looks like the Natural Land Institute’s Legacy Tree Program has found yet another Illinois state champion tree: a rare American chestnut (Castanea dentata) in Freeport,” said Alan ...

This photograph of a chestnut tree is one of forty-nine framed black and white photographic prints bequeathed to the Smithsonian by William F. Bucher of Washington, D.C. Bucher, a cabinetmaker, framed ...

If you have planted and cared for wild-type American chestnut trees and are waiting for the D54 tree to support pollination and restoration, please include that in your comment. If you have done any ...

In this 2023 photo, Dr. Andrew Newhouse, Director of ESF's American Chestnut Research and Restoration Project, examines transgenic chestnut trees in his lab.

Left untreated, the demise of a beech tree with beech leaf disease occurs in 2-7 years.

More: Everything to know about NJ springtime garden pests | Gardener State Unfortunately, there is a substantial threat to this tree that spans across the eastern United States — beech leaf ...