• site quality : how important is it to chestnut blight resistance ?
• deer browsing : what is the
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impact on chestnut survival ?
• prescribed fire : what is the planted chestnut ’ s response ?
• timber harvesting : does
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three-stage shelterwood harvesting — a more ecologically sensitive alternative to |
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clearcutting — improve chestnut establishment ?
The goal of this collaboration between scientists and foresters is to collect enough data to develop a
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DC
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blueprint for the successful , largescale reintroduction of the Ameri- |
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can chestnut to the forests of the eastern U . S .
The loss of this sylvan species
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was , by all accounts , an ecological disaster . While not the first such |
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tragedy caused by humans , the |
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American chestnut blight coincided with the environmental awakening of the late 19th and early 20th centuries . Now , when concern for our warming planet is at an all-time high , perhaps the time is right for |
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The natural range of the American chestnut ( Castanea dentata ) extended from Mississippi to southern Ontario and as far northeast as Maine . |
the American chestnut to make its comeback . |
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