Genetic modification is the only credible path to restoring the blight-wracked American chestnut. Bruce Beehler is a ...

While many trees in the southern range were killed by Phytophthora root rot (PRR), the chestnut blight leaves roots intact, so many chestnuts have been surviving by growing back from the roots ...

This collection of trees was planted during the 1960s and 1970s while the Range, Wildlife, and Forestry area of study ... Red Horsechestnut, Hackberry, Pin Oak, Chestnut Oak, Mondale Pine, Canoe Birch ...