From Forests to Gardens—Where Chestnut Trees Are Taking Root - Away State Journal
Chestnut trees began disappearing from eastern deciduous forests in the U.S. almost a century ago due to a nasty fungus. That has contributed to a vastly different eastern forest landscape today. A ...
How eastern US forests look almost a century after chestnut trees started disappearing
American chestnut trees once towered over the landscape, dominating forests in parts of the eastern United States. But in the late 1800s, a fungal blight virtually wiped them out across the country.
The Hill: That new chestnut? USDA plans to allow the release of GE trees into wild forests
That new chestnut? USDA plans to allow the release of GE trees into wild forests
SYRACUSE, N.Y. – — You can play a vital role in restoring the American chestnut tree to northeastern forests by participating in the open comment period for the blight-tolerant ‘Darling’ ...
Morningstar: Chestnut Carbon Doubles Footprint in Southeast U.S. to Nearly 70,000 Acres of Restored Forests
Chestnut Carbon Doubles Footprint in Southeast U.S. to Nearly 70,000 Acres of Restored Forests
Once a defining tree of eastern forests, the American chestnut was nearly erased by a foreign fungus within a few human generations. A genetically engineered line known as Darling 54 has now pushed ...
WUNC: How eastern US forests look almost a century after chestnut trees started disappearing
A century ago, the forests of the Eastern U.S. looked very different. They were packed with towering chestnut trees. But since then, those trees have largely disappeared, and the forests have evolved ...
