The American Chestnut Project has evolved from basic research into a multifaceted endeavor ... We hope to return these trees can be returned to their historic native range, to benefit people and local ...

The downfall of the American Chestnut tree is a somber chapter in the history of North American forests. Once towering giants that dominated the landscape of the Eastern United States, these ...

Once the most prominent tree in the state, West Virginia was the only state entirely within the American chestnut’s natural ...

the once prevalent American chestnut became increasingly uncommon throughout its traditional range in the Appalachians. While many trees in the southern range were killed by Phytophthora root rot ...

The American chestnut had none. Its range at one point extended as far south as the Florida panhandle. But before the blight, Phytophthora cinnamomi — root rot — killed many southern trees ...

UNITED STATES — It’s been a very long time since vendors sold the American chestnut on city sidewalks. It’s no longer the variety whose smell some people associate with Christmastime as it ...