Several decades later, we are seeking government approval to begin distributing the first blight-tolerant transgenic American chestnut. These trees were produced by inserting a gene called oxalate ...

Sunlight filtered through the overstory of a thick Pennsylvania forest and a few rays fell upon the long, serrated leaves of the American chestnut trees down below. The higher Mike Manes ...

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 ...

We work in a not-for-profit model in order to promote the restoration of this ecologically important keystone species to our forests. We are not patenting the blight resistant American chestnut trees ...

Now, scientists are using a combination of techniques to develop blight-resistant trees from this remaining population. The American Chestnut Foundation recognizes you can’t improve what you can ...

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 wafts from street carts.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WOWK) — American chestnut trees once covered the state of West Virginia, providing essential materials and ...