Can the American chestnut tree make a comeback? One NJ couple is giving it a try

New Jersey cultivators Luke and Rachel Tarvin of Chesterfield have, in the last six years, taken the plunge to plant about 60 ...
News Tribune

A Puyallup chestnut tree was removed due to a ‘health risk.’ What do allergy experts say?

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 ...

Want to help bring back the American chestnut tree to NJ? Here's how

The American Chestnut Foundation, a mostly volunteer organization, is looking for help in restoring the once-abundant chestnut tree to NJ.
The Morning Journal

Oberlin groups working to restore chestnut tree

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

Researchers hoping to give the American chestnut tree a leg up on climate change

As the earth warms and the precipitation patterns change, trees are expected to migrate north seeking weather they are adapted to. Scientists project trees will need to move faster than their natural ...
Woodworking Network

Biltmore Participates to Restore American Chestnut Trees

ASHEVILLE, NC - April 29, 2013 at 10 am, volunteers from the Carolinas Chapter of The American Chestnut Foundation (TACF) will gather to plant 100 potentially blight and root-rot resistant American ...
SFGate

Delaware American chestnut tree deemed 'precious resource'

CENTREVILLE, Del. (AP) — After the species was devastated by an Asian blight in the early 20th century, a single American chestnut tree in Centreville has been deemed a “precious resource” by the ...
New Hampshire Public Radio

UNH’s chestnut trees may not repopulate forests. But they’re still helping the effort.

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 ...
Chicago Tribune

My horse chestnut tree is in trouble

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.
Oregonian

A celebrated chestnut tree falls in Portland, but was it as rare as the city said?

Kim O’Hern planned to sleep in on Friday when an “atmospheric river” brought high wind and rain to the Portland area. The Sellwood preschool teacher had scheduled parent conferences for later that day ...
News Tribune

Crews cut down giant chestnut tree Puyallup neighbors say was more than 100 years old

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 ...