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Efforts underway to bring the American chestnut tree back from virtual extinction

BIDDEFORD, Maine — At one time, it was one of the most important trees in American culture. Still, after being wiped out by a fungal blight at the turn of the 20th century, the American chestnut tree ...
The Columbian

Science aims to bring the chestnut tree back to the U.S.

WASHINGTON — In a quiet stretch of Western Massachusetts stands a sycamore so old it was around when the Constitution was signed. Its branches are bigger than the trunks of most trees. It dwarfs the ...
NorthJersey.com

Want to help bring back the American chestnut tree to NJ? Here's how

You don't have to be a botanist or cultivator to help bring back the American chestnut tree, which all but disappeared from the United States due to a deadly blight. The American Chestnut Foundation, ...
Bowdoin College

Blight-Tolerant Chestnuts From the Sprague Family Land Planted at the White House

Tom Klak, an environmental scientist and American chestnut expert, carried a shovel on the White House lawn on April 24, ...
Hartford Courant

Disease almost wiped out a beloved American tree. CT has an effort to save it.

With Thanksgiving approaching, many of us will be sitting down to hearty feasts with family and friends. Time-tested recipes on worn index cards or heavily thumbed cookbooks are combed ...
ABC Kcrg 9

We The People: How Iowa is part of the effort to save the rare American chestnut tree

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - On the University of Iowa’s Oakdale campus in Coralville, you’ll find a rare mature American chestnut tree. Campus arborist Andy Dahl has made trees his life’s work — ...