PHOTO GALLERY: Trexler Nature Preserve in Schnecksville is trying to revive the American Chestnut species on a four-acre site. The trees were nearly destroyed in a 20th century blight.

In the eastern United States, that rare sense of awe was once supplied in bulk by the American chestnut. Its presence stunned ...

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 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 ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A Purdue University researcher is working to restore the American chestnut, an important wildlife tree and timber resource that dominated the landscape from Maine to Mississippi ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. American Chestnut Tree Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images From the northernmost reach of the White Mountains and Mahoosuc ...

Erie has a Chestnut Street. So do Cranesville and Corry, Girard and Lake City, Edinboro, Waterford and North East. There's a reason you find so many stretches of road that carry that name here and ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Derek Faulkner, Rachel Jeffrey, Josh Hays, Alina Tran, and Dana Cody … Credit: Allan Appel Photos ...