American chestnut Archives - The Wildlife Society

Watch: Restoring an American icon

April 2, 2021

The American chestnut was once a common and abundant tree species that occupied 200 million acres in the eastern hardwood forests of North America and provided wildlife with food and habitat sources. Two nonnative pathogens …

Online course explores American chestnut’s iconic role

March 8, 2021

When exotic diseases wiped out the American chestnut, it transformed forests across the eastern United States and impacted wildlife in ways we may never understand. “We don’t know exactly how important the chestnut was because …