West Coast Chestnut is a family-owned and operated farm and chestnut nursery based in Oregon's Willamette Valley, with more than 30 years of experience growing perennial crops including chestnuts, ...

This past week has been a busy one for tree questions! The most common question asked has been, “Is this an American chestnut?” I have had several people bring in nuts to identify. So far the answer ...

More precise than cross-breeding methods, genetic engineering provides the best shot at restoring the environmental and economic importance of the American chestnut. An estimated 3 billion to 6 ...

The American Chestnut Research and Restoration Project team remains committed to chestnut and tree restoration research, building off nearly 35 years of dedicated work and study. Our research so far ...

According to Ekathimerini, summer droughts across villages near Mount Pelion in Greece have disrupted chestnut production. Giorgos Nanos, a professor at the Arboriculture Laboratory of the University ...

Five years ago, scientists knew they had reached a milestone in their quest to reclaim one of the country's great forest treasures: Some lines of American chestnut saplings, with help from their ...

Richard Wilhelm knows about the rise and fall of the American chestnut — how a foreign blight inadvertently wiped out the grandest tree in the North American forests in little over a half century. He ...