Forestry Research is reporting cases of sweet chestnut blight in Devon A new outbreak of a tree disease has been identified in Devon and has sparked an appeal for people to check their trees. Forestry ...

At the Kingman Research Farm just outside of the University of New Hampshire campus, there’s an orchard of chestnut trees, growing under the watchful eyes of researchers. The American chestnut was a ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Billions of American chestnut trees once covered the eastern United States. They soared in height, producing so many nuts that sellers moved them by train car. Every Christmas, ...

Chestnut trees (Castanea spp.) represent a group of economically and ecologically significant forest species distributed across Europe, Asia and North America. Genetic diversity within and among ...

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 ...

FAUQUIER COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — Did you know that an estimated 4 billion American chestnut trees, a species native to Virginia and other states, were wiped out by a fungus? The American Chestnut ...