This past week has been a busy one for tree questions! The most common question asked has been, “Is this an American chestnut?” I have had several people bring in nuts to identify. So far the answer ...

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 ...

Yeah, OK, the Christmas song. You’ll probably hear it on the radio sometime today. But outside of the street vendors in New York City, who actually roasts chestnuts on an open fire? Who even roasts ...

More precise than cross-breeding methods, genetic engineering provides the best shot at restoring the environmental and economic importance of the American chestnut. An estimated 3 billion to 6 ...

n the early part of this century, there was nothing that could protect the once-beautiful American chestnut from a bark fungus, accidently introduced from the Orient. The blight, first discovered in ...

Five years ago, scientists knew they had reached a milestone in their quest to reclaim one of the country's great forest treasures: Some lines of American chestnut saplings, with help from their ...

This story was first published on March 29, 2016. They were among New Jersey's tallest trees, majestically rising 120 feet from the forest floor. Their rot-resistant wood was prized to make shingles, ...

“Chestnuts roasting on an open fire” is an American tradition, but the tradition actually dates back to prehistoric times. Roasting chestnuts is a big part of Italian holidays, and chestnuts are an ...

Richard Wilhelm knows about the rise and fall of the American chestnut — how a foreign blight inadvertently wiped out the grandest tree in the North American forests in little over a half century. He ...