The Return of the American Chestnut

Unity College in Unity, Maine presents a talk about American chestnut restoration at 12:00PM, Thursday, April 18 at its student center. Dr. Allison Oakes, post-doctoral research associate at State University of New York College of Environmental Sciences and Forestry (SUNY-ESF), will be speaking about the ecological and economic importance of the American chestnut, the fungus that attacks it, and how genetic engineering is being used to bring it back. For more information, contact Dr. Matthew Chatfield. A flyer about this event can be found here.