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[deleted] t1_isdjaso wrote

Reply to comment by njp9 in Are chestnut trees nearly extinct here? Today I found a tree dropping the largest chestnuts I've ever seen. by thishasntbeeneasy

Thanks.

That's a shame though I hope folks smarter than me can find a solution to restore them

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njp9 t1_isdjtnd wrote

Yes, lots of smart people working on it at SUNY ESF. If you like to read, the first chapter of The Overstory by Richard Powers has a beautiful and tragic telling of the story of the American Chestnut.

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[deleted] t1_isdk1zr wrote

Just threw that book in my Amazon cart. Looks interesting. Thanks again

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JCEkard88 t1_iselk4e wrote

Good story in NY Times on 9/16/2022 that documents the effort to resurrect the American chestnut tree in Appalachia.

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Sigogglin1 t1_ise7qme wrote

I use to volunteer for the forestry department of Kentucky replanting native trees on strip mine sites. We would plant an American Chestnut hybrid which if I remember correctly was 90 percent American and 10 percent Chinese. The hybrid was way more resilient to the disease.

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