ESF professors send new American chestnut trees to New York City

Chestnut trees, once a majestic stronghold in forests and cities across the Eastern seaboard, were nearly wiped out by a disease over the past 100 years. Now, the American chestnut — with a little help from researchers in Syracuse — is being returned to its roots. Chestnut Tree Research at ESF Chestnut Tree Research at ESF SUNY ESF researchers Dr. Charles Maynard and Dr. William Powell talk about their chestnut tree restoration project. They will be planting 10 transgenic trees at the New York Botanical Gardens in the Bronx, NY, where the decline first started. Watch video Researchers at State University College of Environmental Science and Forestry today will plant 10 transgenic American chestnut trees in the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx.... more