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Experimental trials at Tower Hill Botanic Garden in Massachusetts Chestnut blight affecting a young American chestnut. The American Chestnut Foundation (TACF) is a nonprofit American organization dedicated to breeding a blight-resistant American chestnut (Castanea dentata) tree and to the reintroduction of this tree to the forests of the Eastern United States.
American chestnuts (1.2 ha / 3 acres) - Since 1992 when a 3-acre (12,000 m 2) grove of rare American chestnut trees was discovered at the arboretum, Westchester County has been working with The American Chestnut Foundation to develop a disease-resistant form of this tree.
Large surviving American chestnut in its natural range. The American Chestnut Cooperators' Foundation (ACCF) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, scientific, and educational foundation that was organized in 1986 and with the help of research and volunteers from Virginia Tech University, is dedicated to restoring the American chestnut (Castanea dentata) [1] to its former place in the United States ...
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The American chestnut tree used to grow throughout the eastern U.S., but was devastated by a blight in the early 20th century. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800 ...
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The American Chestnut Foundation was also only recently told about the tree's existence. [134] Members of the Kentucky chapter of the American Chestnut Foundation have been pollinating a tree found on a farm in Adair County, and a specimen found on Henderson Ridge in Elliott County. The Adair County tree is over one hundred years old. [135] [136]
William Powell (died November 12, 2023) was an American biologist. He was a professor of biology at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry from 1983 until 2022. [1] In 1989, he founded the American Chestnut Research and Restoration Project with fellow ESF professor Charles Maynard.