Northampton County Parks and Recreation, Wildlands Conservancy, and American Chestnut Foundation officials planted 16 American Chestnut saplings at the Louise Moore Park in Northampton County on July ...
In the eastern United States, that rare sense of awe was once supplied in bulk by the American chestnut. Its presence stunned ...
PHOTO GALLERY: Trexler Nature Preserve in Schnecksville is trying to revive the American Chestnut species on a four-acre site. The trees were nearly destroyed in a 20th century blight.
OAK HILL — For over a century, scientists, ecologists and ordinary citizens have been grappling with the near total destruction of a species of tree that comprised a quarter of the Appalachian forests ...
A day before Earth Day, retired forester Rex Mann watched as scientists signed an agreement with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in North Carolina to allow for the eventual planting of ...
An invasive fungus has killed billions of American chestnut trees since the early 1900s. Forestry experts in southeastern Ohio may have found a solution. His branches ruffle in the light breeze under ...
Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Derek Faulkner, Rachel Jeffrey, Josh Hays, Alina Tran, and Dana Cody … Credit: Allan Appel Photos ...