Once a towering presence in northeastern forests, the American Chestnut is making a quiet comeback in Brooklyn.

All over eastern North America right now, chestnut breeders are pollinating tree flowers. "So here is actually some flowers," ...

The chestnut blight is a fungus accidentally brought to North America on imported Asiatic trees in the late 1800s, and it’s devastated our wild American species, rendering it functionally extinct.

Jim Brady discovered an American chestnut tree on his property in Olean. It sparked his quest fighting against a 200-year-old blight to revive a species that once numbered in the billions and ...

We're in a field of neck high grass in the Lesesne State Forest in Virginia. We’re looking at one of the East’s largest plantings of blight-resistant chestnut trees. The chestnut blight is a fungus ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – June 16, 2025 — 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’ ...

Seeds lying deep inside a sleepy hillside orchard could play a crucial role in the regeneration of the embattled American chestnut tree. Early Friday morning, a team of volunteers dropped about 1,0… ...

The American Chestnut Foundation is developing a blight-resistant American chestnut tree. About 1,000 American chestnut seeds are being planted in Cressona to help bring the tree back.

Olean man discovers American chestnut trees − which are functionally extinct − on his wooded property. Imagine the year is 1900.

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