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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 NewspapersÂ
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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