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 ...

Yet American chestnut trees are best appreciated in forests ... But for this, the trees still would thrive in North America. Now we have an opportunity to save the chestnut through the miracle ...

The mission of the American Chestnut Research and Restoration Project at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) is to conduct basic and applied research ...

Though the American chestnut tree was once a major part of the eastern United States landscape, it pretty much went extinct ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WOWK) — American chestnut trees once covered the state of West Virginia, providing essential materials and feeding its residents, but in the early 20th century, they were ...

Retired financial planner Jim Brady spends his days tending to his hundred-acre wood − maintaining trails, spotting wildlife and fostering American chestnut trees. When he bought the property on ...

The professional circuit for the game of conkers — in which contestants swing a chestnut attached to ... get into conkering closer to home, the North American Conker Championship will be held ...