Symposium

In March of 2014, the Canadian Chestnut Council held a Symposium re the American Chestnut. We would like to share the reports and presentations with you here. Just click to download.

Symposium Report...

Symposium Speaker Introductions...

Dr. G. Boland, American Chestnut Past Present and Future...

Paul G. O'Hara, American Chestnut Survey Final Report...

Dr. B. Husband, Chestnut Survey...

Dr. B. Husband, Genetic Analysis...

Dr. Adam Dale, Breeding Resistance to Chestnut Blight...

Dr. Eric Snyder, Strategic & Scientific Thinking about American Chestnut Recovery...

Christie Anna Lovatt, Somaclonal Variation as a Breeding Tool in American Chestnut...

Dragan Galic, Vegetative Propagation of American Chestnut...

Upcoming Events

2023-10-21 : Annual General Meeting

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Outreach & Education...

Various reports on the status of restoration efforts, tree population surveys, DNA analysis, breeding and propagation programs, etc.

The American Chestnut

• An Endangered Species
• Current Status in Canada
• Distribution in Ontario
• Chestnut Blight
• Identifying Chestnut Trees
• Found a chestnut/ Report a chestnut
• Have an American chestnut - Check its Pedigree
• Population dynamics and the influence of blight on American chestnut at its northern range limit: Lessons for conservation

Mission & History

• A Decade of Progress
• Recovery Plan
• Hypovirulence
• American Chestnut in Nova Scotia
• Resistance – Hope for the Future
• Breeding for Resistance
• Directors Past and Present
• Our Founder - Dr. Colin McKeen

Updates from the..

Questions & Resources