But for this, the trees still would thrive in North America. Now we have an opportunity to save the chestnut through the miracle of genetic modification, a time-tested technique that has improved ...

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 ...

One was a pathogenic fungus called Cryphonectria parasitica, or chestnut blight. It lay quietly in the Asian trees whose native immunity concealed its threat, but the North American species was ...

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 ...

Many different trees can be used this way. But Joe Fargione, science director for the Nature Conservancy’s North America region, says the chestnut is a standout candidate. “It’s great from a ...

In 1942 the American Forestry Association (now American Forests) reported the largest known native chestnut tree — 9 feet in diameter — in the Great Smoky Mountains. By 1950, the tree was dead.

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 American beech (Fagus grandifolia) is a medium to tall tree native to North America. A member of the Fagaceae family, this tree is closely related to other commonly known trees such as all species ...

The chestnut-backed chickadee is curious about ... This species is the smallest chickadee in North America. One of the 3 “brown-backed” species (along with boreal and gray-headed), its ...