ForestConnect Webinar - American Chestnut Restoration

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ForestConnect Webinar - American Chestnut Restoration

Time: December 21, 2011 from 12pm to 1pm
Location: Pre-registration required (if not already registered) See the webinar link at www.ForestConnect.info
Website or Map: http://www2.dnr.cornell.edu/e…
Event Type: webinar
Organized By: Peter Smallidge
Latest Activity: Dec 21, 2011

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Restoring the American Chestnut.  Live at noon and 7PM. 

Join Bryan Burhans, President and CEO American Chestnut Foundation for a discussion of the history and restoration of the American Chestnut.  The American chestnut once stood as the dominate hardwood tree in our eastern forests.  An Asian fungus introduced to the US in the early 1900 eliminated the chestnut as a canopy tree in just four decades.  Efforts are underway to develop a tree that can withstand this pathogen.  Presentation will provide up-to-date status of efforts by the American Chestnut Foundation to develop a disease-resistant tree and eventually reintroduce the species back to our eastern forests.

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