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2007


American Chestnut Facing New Future Thanks to Oconee County Doctor
Independentmail.com ~ December 29

Trees by Design
December 23 ~ Boston Globe

Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire

Chestnuts ~ From Garden to Table

Growers Bid To Revive American Chestnut
November 22 ~ New York Times

As the Crow Flies: Hope for the American chestnut
October 30, 2007 ~ Times Community

Can this tree be saved
October 21, 2007 ~ Burlington Free Press

Disappearing Chestnuts
October 5, 2007 ~ Daily Progress

Volunteers work to revitalize chestnut trees
Sept 25 ~ Pittsburgh Tribune Review

Chestnut trees a welcome surprise
Sept 3 ~ Cincinnati Post

Barnum's Tree A Type Not Born Every Minute
Sept 3 ~ Courant.Com

A Race To Save The Ash Tree
August 30 ~ The Washington Post

Challenges remain in reintroducing American chestnut
August 22 ~ EurekAlert!

Rare chestnut stand a real mystery
August 18 ~ Dayton Daily News

Mine sites to become verdant stands of hardwood
August 13 ~ Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Chestnut tree poised for comeback
August 6 ~ The Christian Science Monitor

Chinese cousin helps American chestnut tree
July 27 ~ IOL

Blight-devastated chestnut trees now spreading again
July 27 ~ AP News

Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne Dedicates American Chestnut Tree
July 26, 2007

Lions help restore legendary American chestnut tree

Norman Borlaug to recieve Congressional Gold Medal
July 17 ~ World Food Prize

TACF Awarded $50,000 Matching Grant
July 11 ~ The Bennington Banner

Blight Fight - An Interview with TACF's Leila Pinchot
July 11 ~ Corant.com

The American Chestnut Tree Making a Comeback
June 17 ~ The Times-Tribune

An agreement has been reached between the Ohio Department of Natural Resources and Columbia Gas Transmission Corp
June 8 ~ Mount Vernon News

In Nature: Chestnut blight re-wrote story of Appalachian forests
June 4 ~ Burlington Free Press

The Edge of Extinction
June 1 ~ The Day.Com

Falls Village: Breeders hope for American chestnut tree revival
May 31 ~ The Waterbury CT Republican American

American chestnut makes return to Meigs County
May 23 ~ The Union Sentinel

In Nature: Chestnut blight re-wrote story of Appalachian forests
May 7 ~ Burlington Free Press

Where there be mountains, there be chestnuts
May 3 ~ Union Sentinel

Planters hope chestnut forests take hold
April 1 ~ Vindy.Com

Planting seeks to revive chestnut's place in Ohio
March 31 ~ Dayton Daily News

Planters hope new chestnut forests take hold at strip mine site
March 31 ~ Ohio.Com

Chestnut tree restoration under way at Bankhead National Forest
March 28 ~ Ledger - Enquirer . Com

Arborists Attuned to Spreading Chestnut Trees
March 21 ~ Times Community Newspapers 

A Tale of Chestnuts and Trout
March 5 ~ Bangor Daily News

Trees Planted for Arbor Day
Feb 18 ~ Rome News Tribune

American Chestnut Part of Zoar Valley Management Plan
Feb 1 ~ New York State Department
of Environmental Conservation

Fighting for survival: Allegheny woodrat said to be declining in (PA) state's forests
The forest has fewer oak trees than it used to and the
American chestnut trees were nearly
eradicated in the 1940s, eliminating a large source of food
for the woodrat populations....
January 31 ~ Williamspot SunGazzette
Related Item: A Possible Role for the Chestnut Blight in the Decline of the Allegheny Woodrat

Bringing back the chestnut tree
By TACF Member Joe Schibig
January 29 ~ From The Tennessean.com

Returning the American Chestnut to Our Forests
By TACF Member Bruce Wakeland
January 2007 ~ From The Consultant (Pages 26-27)

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