American chestnut trees, deemed functionally extinct decades ago, may already be mounting a quiet comeback in the northern ...

“Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire” is playing on the radio now in the Northern Hemisphere which begs the question, “What happened to the American chestnut?” Would you be surprised to hear there’s a ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - On the University of Iowa’s Oakdale campus in Coralville, you’ll find a rare mature American chestnut tree. Campus arborist Andy Dahl has made trees his life’s work — ...

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 ...

Native trees adapt to the climate and environmental conditions of their area to survive. Researchers in the College of Natural Resources and Environment in collaboration with the American Chestnut ...

With Thanksgiving approaching, many of us will be sitting down to hearty feasts with family and friends. Time-tested recipes on worn index cards or heavily thumbed cookbooks are combed ...

At the turn of the 20th century, it was nearly impossible to go outside in Central Virginia and not see a towering American chestnut tree. At that time, American chestnuts accounted for nearly one in ...

INDIANAPOLIS -- Growing up in the 1920s, Bill Lord remembers feasting on the sweet, rich nuts of American chestnut trees -- the majestic species that a fungus would soon all but wipe out. More than a ...

WASHINGTON - Its sweeping canopy inspired poets, and its strong, straight timber shaped the stories of life in rural Appalachia, until the tree itself became the stuff of fiction. It is now more than ...