American chestnut trees were almost wiped out by blight. Grow your own disease-resistant American chestnut hybrid tree.

The once-prevalent American chestnut tree was wiped out of West Virginia by blight nearly 100 years ago, but you may be able to help with its restoration efforts.

In 2014, I wrote an article on the demise of the American chestnut tree due to the invasive chestnut blight. I’ve been reading the ...

The American chestnut was once one of the dominant tree species in the eastern forests of the United States, towering over all other tree species in the forest. Due to its dominance of presence in the ...

CENTREVILLE, Del. (AP) — After the species was devastated by an Asian blight in the early 20th century, a single American chestnut tree in Centreville has been deemed a “precious resource” by the ...

Chestnuts were reputedly served at the first Thanksgiving and thanks to dedicated breeding programs may be available locally ...

Many years ago, I worked at nursery called Davey Tree farm just northwest of Wooster. While I worked there, I developed a relationship with an arborist who was hired to help the nursery. He had a ...

WASHINGTON (7News) — Imagine no more roasting chestnuts on an open fire. What was once one of the most dominant trees in America has been dying off. The American chestnut tree was nearly gone, wiped ...

ASHEVILLE, NC - April 29, 2013 at 10 am, volunteers from the Carolinas Chapter of The American Chestnut Foundation (TACF) will gather to plant 100 potentially blight and root-rot resistant American ...

When local folks who have been working to return the glorious American chestnut tree to our forest gather Saturday in Lebanon to celebrate an anniversary, there will be a big question looming overhead ...

While our culinary memories of the American chestnut have mostly faded, the fruit of the "bread tree" as it is sometimes called, remains firmly rooted in European and Asian tradition. Andrea Guastella ...

The American chestnut was once the most abundant and economically important tree species in the eastern forests of North America. But then a fungal pathogen was brought over from Asia and has caused ...