A new study says genetic testing can speed the return of the American chestnut tree that once dominated Eastern U.S. forests. The tree was functionally extinct by the 1950s because of a fungal ...

Linda Grimo has spent much of her life farming in Niagara-on-the-Lake and working at Grimo Nut Nursery on Lakeshore Road, ...

WASHINGTON — Billions of American chestnut trees once covered the eastern United States. They soared in height, producing so many nuts that sellers moved them by train car. Every Christmas, they're ...

At 10 a.m., Friday, March 6 the Friends of Silvermont in conjunction with the Transylvania County 250 Celebration Committee will be planting two American Chestnut Trees in Silvermont Park and ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Billions of American chestnut trees once covered the eastern United States. They soared in height, producing so many nuts that sellers moved them by train car. Every Christmas, ...

WASHINGTON(AP) — Billions of American chestnut trees once covered the eastern United States. They soared in height, producing so many nuts that sellers moved them by train car. Every Christmas, ...

Very few people alive today have seen the Appalachian forests as they existed a century ago. Even as state and national parks preserved ever more of the ecosystem, fungal pathogens from Asia nearly ...

A hiker called attention to a common forestry practice taking over trails in Maine that left residents a little stumped. In a ...

Backyard with several trees, bushes, and other greenery. - PeopleImages/Shutterstock We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Cold regions are harsh ...