A couple under a massive #AmericanChestnut #Tree
at #FortVancouver #PNW #HumansOfBlueSky #Photography #VancouverWA

Chestnuts being planted on top of soil in containers in 7x14 conetainer racks.

Chestnut planting time! Nuts from century+ old American chestnuts in Oregon and Washington! Preserving pre-blight genetics from an accidental genetic diversity repository! #TACF #americanchestnut #chestnutrestoration

Bringing the "functionally extinct" American chestnut back from the dead https://arstechni.ca #geneticengineering #Americanchestnut #Invasivespecies #extinction #pathogens #Genetics #Genomics #Science #Biology #plants #trees

Once Wiped Out by Blight, Thousands of American Chestnut Trees are Thriving on Biologist’s Land in Maine Wild American chestnut trees, deemed “functionally extinct” decades ago, may already be quietly mounting an unexpected comeback in the northern forests of the US. Thousands of naturally thriving, wild trees in Maine contradict decades of assumptions about the species’ extinction—and how genetic engineering is the only solution. Ever since the accidental importation of an Asian […] The post Once Wiped Out by Blight, Thousands of American Chestnut Trees are Thriving on Biologist’s Land in Maine appeared first on Good News Network.

Once Wiped Out by Blight, Thousands of American Chestnut Trees are Thriving on Biologist’s Land in Maine: Wild American chestnut trees, deemed “functionally extinct” decades ago, may… @goodnewsnetwork.org #AmericanChestnut #TreeConservation #WildlifeRestoration #EnvironmentalNews #Biodiversity

The Return of the American Chestnut | PEP UNLIMITED LLC In the early 1900s, an invasive Asian fungus known as chestnut blight swept through the forests, killing an estimated 3.5 billion trees and rendering the species functionally extinct by 1941.

The Return of the American Chestnut
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#AmericanChestnut #ForestRestoration #Conservation #NatureRecovery #HopeInTheWoods #Environment #TreeRestoration #WildHope #ClimateResilience #NatureStories #BackFromExtinction #ChestnutRevival #Hiking #Stewardship #PepUnlimited

The Return of the American Chestnut | PEP UNLIMITED LLC In the early 1900s, an invasive Asian fungus known as chestnut blight swept through the forests, killing an estimated 3.5 billion trees and rendering the species functionally extinct by 1941.

The Return of the American Chestnut
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#AmericanChestnut #ForestRestoration #Conservation #NatureRecovery #HopeInTheWoods #Environment #TreeRestoration #WildHope #ClimateResilience #NatureStories #BackFromExtinction #ChestnutRevival #HikingNature #Stewardship #PepRaise

The American chestnut is making a comeback! Once billions strong, a blight rendered this tree functionally extinct. Now, a multi-generational effort to breed a resistant tree is restoring this species to the forest.
#AmericanChestnut #Conservation #Ecology
#GreenSky
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American Chestnuts
Mostly wiped out by blight, an old stand exists, hidden away. They are old, charming, and quite lovely.
#Americanchestnut #chestnuts #bkught #survived #hidden #tasty #trees #veryold #treasure #EastCoastKin

Nearly a Century Ago, American Chestnut Trees Died Off. Now, Hikers Can Walk Among Them Again. Efforts to restore the American chestnut comprise "one of the most epic conservation stories ever told.”

"... #backpackers can now explore groves of healthy, effectively wild #Americanchestnut #trees across numerous eastern states and forage for nuts for the first time in about a century. The effort behind them, says Stark, "is ⭐️ one of the most epic #conservation stories ever told." #Greensky

Chestnuts in a paper bag and in coconut fiber for stratification

Time to stratify the harvest from century+ old American chestnuts in Oregon and Washington! Preserving pre-blight genetics from an accidental genetic diversity repository! #TACF #americanchestnut #chestnutrestoration

American chestnut (Castanea dentata) American chestnut from Ringwood Rd, Freeville, NY, US on October 16, 2025 at 04:00 PM by eliotmiller. Have walked by this tree dozens of times, but never noticed before. Looks like crown died this ye...

Made a new friend on my walk yesterday. #americanchestnut

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Students' last stand to protect Ontario's vanishing chestnut trees By: Abdul Matin Sarfraz, Canada’s National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative

Students from @uofguelph.bsky.social are fighting to save Ontario's iconic American chestnut trees from a devastating blight.

Check out the full article to find out how!

www.fieldandshutterpress.ca/p/students-l...

#Conservation #AmericanChestnut #Ontario #Guelph #UofGuelph

Darling 58 Failure: Setback for GE American Chestnut Ignites Conservation Debate "A major setback for the 'Darling 58' genetically engineered tree has ignited a fierce debate over the future of American Chestnut restoration."

The American Chestnut's Contested Comeback: How a Flagship GE Tree's Failure Ignited a Conservation 'Civil War'

#Darling58 #AmericanChestnut #GeneticEngineering #Conservation #ForestRestoration #Science #FactRage #FactRageNews

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APHIS Seeks Comment on Draft Environmental Documents for Deregulation of American Chestnut Developed Using Genetic Engineering  - Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. On June 6, 2025, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced that it has prepared a revised

B&C's Biobased Policy News : APHIS Seeks Comment on Draft Environmental Documents for Deregulation of American Chestnut Developed Using Genetic Engineering
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#Americanchestnut, #EA, #geneticengineering, #PPRA, #SUNYESF

Good news for the #AmericanChestnut?

From the new #NAJ issue: Like #Americanchestnut #Ozark chinquapin- #Castanea ozarkensis was reduced from an overstory #tree to an understory #shrub by invasive #chestnutblight fungus (Cryphonectria parasitica). Unlike American #chestnut #Ozarkchinquapin response to blight is somewhat understudied

Chestnut tree giveaway in NYC aims to bring plant back from brink of extinction The New York Restoration Project has launched an effort to plant 1,000 thriving American chestnut trees that are a hybrid with the blight-resistant Chinese chestnut tree in the five boroughs.

Thank you to Rosemary Misdary for your thoughtful reporting on NYRP's #1000ChestnutChallenge in @gothamist.com! Read more about our efforts to bring the #AmericanChestnut back to NYC and why this is so important to our city's ecosystem below:

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Chestnut tree giveaway in NYC aims to bring plant back from brink of extinction The New York Restoration Project has launched an effort to plant 1,000 thriving American chestnut trees that are a hybrid with the blight-resistant Chinese chestnut tree in the five boroughs.

”They were incredibly useful trees,” Smith said. “It's not just the nuts which people and wildlife love; It also is great at sequestering carbon.” #americanchestnut

I spent a ton of time this weekend planning for my upcoming study of the wild #AmericanChestnut trees in my forest, and my oldest went hiking into the woods a bit with me.

Opinion | ‘America’s tree’ is missing. Will we do what it takes to bring it back? Genetic modification is the only credible path to restoring the blight-wracked American chestnut.

‘America’s tree’ is missing. Will we do what it takes to bring it back?

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#giftarticle #americanchestnut #gmo #chestnutblight

#EastCoastKin🦋 #TomOgburn #digitalcompositeimage #digitalart #skyart #landscape #photography #art #landscapephotography #photographersofbluesky #blueskyphotography #blueskyart #AmericanChestnut

American Chestnut (Castanea dentata) was once the matriarch of Eastern woodlands and forests, in some places comprising 40% of the tree population. Over 4 billion trees perished when blight was introduced around 1900. @ohiotacf.bsky.social
#americanchestnut #oldgrowth #restoration

Story of the lost American Chestnut Bee (Andrena rehni) and its rediscovery. Check out TACF.org for more.
#ecology #nativeplants #nativehabitat #americanchestnut #nativebees #pollinators

Imaging getting wiped out by the blight, could not be me (a superior ash tree)
#americanchestnut

We officially have #AmericanChestnut trees. Now, to keep them alive.

I tried asking on another smedia but no one seemed to have an answer, so I'll ask here too:

Does anyone know if seasonal prescribed/controlled burns could help prevent the spread of chestnut blight? #AmericanChestnut #forestry

Very disappointed development about the genetically engineered #AmericanChestnut 😔

#PlantGMOs

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The Campaign to @STOPGETREES has prevented GE tree legalization in the US for 20 years. The #GMO #AmericanChestnut threatens wild #forests with irreversible contamination. #keepforestswild by signing the petition to #stopgetrees:

stopgetrees.org/petition/

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For 20 years @STOPGETREES has kept GE trees out of forests. #GMO #AmericanChestnut trees are another unpredictable threat. We can’t let @ChestnutPowell replace nature with GE trees from the lab. Help #stopgetrees and #keepforestswild

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Important point- when multiple pathogens affect a tree species- it multiplies the challenges! #treeresistance #AmericanChestnut