NPR

Researchers have been trying to breed fungus-resistant chestnut trees for 100 years

We visit an orchard where researchers are breeding Chestnut trees they hope will one day fight off a fungus that's been killing the iconic American tree for more than a century. And now a checkup of ...
NPR

How eastern US forests look almost a century after chestnut trees started disappearing

Chestnut trees began disappearing from eastern deciduous forests in the U.S. almost a century ago due to a nasty fungus. That has contributed to a vastly different eastern forest landscape today. A ...
Good News Network

Once Wiped Out by Blight, Thousands of American Chestnut Trees are Thriving on Biologist’s Land in Maine

American chestnut trees, deemed functionally extinct decades ago, may already be mounting a quiet comeback in the northern ...
Woodworking Network

University seeks comments on genetically-grown chestnut trees for federal review

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The USDA has begun a 45-day open comment period for its review of genetically-grown chestnut tree, developed by researchers at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry ...