Scientists stunned after discovering rare species for first time in 100 years: 'No nests have ever been found'

The absence of the chestnut mining bee in the state over the last century led the New York Natural Heritage Program to list ...
The News Journal

Why an American chestnut tree in Centreville is the 'holy grail' for conservationists

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 Delaware Nature Society. Jim ...
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 ...
The Washington Post

Strengthening the Chestnut's Family Tree

THE TROUBLE began in 1904, at the Bronx Zoo: Specimens of Asian chestnut trees, resistant to blight, quickly passed the fungus to their American counterparts up and down the East Coast, moving from ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Republican Herald

Walk in Penn’s Woods events set for Sunday in Schuylkill

This year’s statewide Walk in Penn’s Woods day is scheduled for this Sunday, Oct. 5, with four events to be held around ...
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 ...
WHYY

Delaware hikers take trek to ‘middle of nowhere’ for glimpse of rare adult American chestnut

Courtney Streett (right foreground) gazes up at the American chestnut tree in Delaware with other hikers as guide Joe Sebastiani (gray baseball cap) gives a tutorial. (Cris Barrish/WHYY) Octogenarian ...
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 ...

Indiana's tallest tree used to be in Hamilton County. Now it's here, but you can't see it

The tallest tree in Indiana used to be in Hamilton County, a Bitternut Hickory standing at an impressive 152 feet. The tree's ...
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.