More than 120 years after a forester at the Wildlife Conservation Society's Bronx Zoo first documented the chestnut blight that would ultimately wipe out nearly 4 billion American chestnut trees, ...

Chestnuts, once a staple in the American kitchen, especially among indigenous people, have all but disappeared. Yet, there are signs that chestnuts are reemerging as local and regional farmers are ...

While President Donald Trump has criticized many environmentally friendly initiatives, he has consistently championed ...

Native trees adapt to the climate and environmental conditions of their area to survive. Researchers in the College of Natural Resources and Environment in collaboration with the American Chestnut ...

Research scientists at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) and The American Chestnut Foundation (TACF) are partnering in their efforts to return the American chestnut tree to its ...

USDA's APHIS approved the Darling-54 GMO American chestnut for wild release, though opposition remains over potential ecological risks.

The American Chestnut Foundation, established in 1983, has developed a hybrid American chestnut that is resistant to blight. Since 2014, biotechnologists at the College of Environmental Science and ...

For lumber companies, the American chestnut was a nearly perfect tree—tall, straight, rot-resistant and easy to split. It also was prolific, sending up new shoots that grew quickly. In the early 1900s ...

A day before Earth Day, retired forester Rex Mann watched as scientists signed an agreement with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in North Carolina to allow for the eventual planting of ...

As a biology teacher, I have a bad habit. It is a desire that is somewhat incomprehensible to the average person: “I want to ...

This year, too, the direct-from-farm market is lined with plenty of chestnuts. In the crowd, where shopping baskets bump into ...