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

Many years ago, I worked at nursery called Davey Tree farm just northwest of Wooster. While I worked there, I developed a relationship with an arborist who was hired to help the nursery. He had a ...

Scientists have a plan to restore the nearly extinct American chestnut to its abundant glory, and they need New York City residents’ help. The New York Restoration Project has launched an effort to ...

Chestnuts, once a staple in the American kitchen, especially among indigenous people, have all but disappeared. Yet, there are signs that chestnuts are reemerging as local and regional farmers are ...

In 2014, I wrote an article on the demise of the American chestnut tree due to the invasive chestnut blight. I’ve been reading the up-to-the-moment research, and I thought I would give a hopeful ...

Hundreds of conservation organizations, universities, government agencies, businesses and individuals are working to restore the “functionally extinct” American chestnut tree, according to a news ...

THE TROUBLE began in 1904, at the Bronx Zoo: Specimens of Asian chestnut trees, resistant to blight, quickly passed the fungus to their American counterparts up and down the East Coast, moving from ...

PITTSFIELD — An orchard of chestnut trees in Springside Park got some tough love Wednesday when a group of volunteers inoculated them against an invasive disease. The action will kill off 80 to 90 ...

The giant chestnut tree the Puyallup School District removed from a school playground last month can pose a life-threatening allergic reaction only if digested, experts say. Dr. Jeffrey Demain, a ...

I do not see many horse chestnuts in home landscapes and your tree is a beautiful specimen. It appears that your tree is suffering from a common fungal disease called horse chestnut leaf blotch.

It wasn’t just a tree to Jon Palo. It was a piece of Puyallup Valley history. He and other neighbors near Stewart Elementary School were alarmed Thursday when crews with heavy equipment felled the ...