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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