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We The People: How Iowa is part of the effort to save the rare American chestnut tree

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - On the University of Iowa’s Oakdale campus in Coralville, you’ll find a rare mature American ...
Parkersburg News and Sentinel

My first and last chestnut tree

When I was a boy, my father and I hiked country roads on autumn afternoons collecting hickory nuts, a favorite snack. One memorable fall day, my dad hopped into our ’57 Chevy and said, “Let’s take a ...
Cincinnati

Saving the American Chestnut Tree

An invasive fungus has killed billions of American chestnut trees since the early 1900s. Forestry experts in southeastern Ohio may have found a solution. His branches ruffle in the light breeze under ...
NJ.com

N.J. researchers trying to revive American chestnut trees

The American chestnut tree once reigned as the king of hardwoods in the eastern United States. Some 4 billion covered 200 million acres along both sides of the Appalachian Mountains running from Maine ...
Modern Farmer

The Great American Chestnut Tree Revival

As she walks amongst the sea of green, yellow and orange leaves of a chestnut tree orchard, carefully collecting chestnut burrs from the trees, Sara Fitzsimmons, director of restoration for the ...
Radio France Internationale

For blight-ridden American chestnut tree, rebirth may be in offing

Meadowview (United States) (AFP) – The American chestnut tree, once a regal pillar of forests across the eastern United States, is on life support, struggling to survive. "These look like death," said ...
Portland Press Herald

Maine Coast Heritage Trust joins effort to restore American chestnut tree in Yarmouth

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Maine Coast Heritage Trust, which has a location in Topsham, will be working ...