CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - On the University of Iowa’s Oakdale campus in Coralville, you’ll find a rare mature American ...

An invasive fungus has killed billions of American chestnut trees since the early 1900s. Forestry experts in southeastern Ohio may have found a solution. His branches ruffle in the light breeze under ...

As she walks amongst the sea of green, yellow and orange leaves of a chestnut tree orchard, carefully collecting chestnut burrs from the trees, Sara Fitzsimmons, director of restoration for the ...

Although many Americans still associate the winter holidays with chestnuts, the tree that once produced them — the American chestnut — no longer does so, except in a few rare cases. During the first ...

HARRISBURG — The efforts to create a new legacy for a vanished giant of the Appalachian forests were highlighted last week during the Pennsylvania Farm Show. The NJ/PA Chapter of The American Chestnut ...

And like cypress, the American chestnut is valued for its beauty. These days few chestnut trees manage to reach maturity due to a devastating fungus. Steve Inskeep got one expert on the phone who says ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Maine Coast Heritage Trust, which has a location in Topsham, will be working ...

Founding members of the New York Chapter of The American Chestnut Foundation approached Dr. William Powell and Dr. Charles Maynard of ESF in 1989, asking them about using modern tools of genetic ...

In the video, he offers a trove of facts about chestnuts. They are in fact nuts, the seeds of the chestnut tree that look like clusters of grass when they’re picked. Under that outer layer is an ...