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 ...

On behalf of everyone connected to The American Chestnut Research and Restoration Project, we want to thank our many supporters for their encouragement in recent weeks. Most of you are aware that we ...

While many trees in the southern range were killed by Phytophthora root rot (PRR), the chestnut ... the American type. PRR resistance has been found to be less genetically complicated, so progress ...

Still, American chestnut trees are better suited for timber ... to see if they can boost their immunity that way instead. But progress was delayed by a recent mix-up involving two versions ...

Sunlight filtered through the overstory of a thick Pennsylvania forest and a few rays fell upon the long, serrated leaves of the American chestnut trees down below. The higher Mike Manes ...

A new festival in Castanea Township, Clinton County, looks to celebrate the area’s chestnut history and raise awareness about ...

Though Murrill’s doomsday predictions for the American chestnut proved true, the tree was never forgotten ... says she is always looking into the fields to monitor the progress of the saplings she and ...

Aug 17, 2024 Aug 17, 2024 Updated Aug 18, 2024 The American chestnut tree was one of the most populous and mighty trees in eastern North America before a blight over the past century brought it to ...

There’s a new festival in town. This past weekend saw the first-ever PA Chestnut Festival, held in Castanea to a stupendous turnout well in the hundreds, despite the freezing temperatures. The ...

On one side of Mount Etna there is a fa mous chestnut tree, which is said to be one hundred and ninety six feet in circumference, just above the surface of the ground. Its en ormous trunk is ...

It’s been a very long time since vendors sold the American chestnut on city sidewalks. It’s no longer the variety whose smell some people associate with Christmastime as it wafts from street ...