Sara Fern Fitzsimmons, Chief Conservation Officer with The American Chestnut Foundation will give an update on restoring the American chestnut, Castanea dentata, previously a primary component of eastern Ohio’s forests.
In the 1800s, plant importation brought with it a devastating fungal disease that all but eliminated the American chestnut from its original range. Researchers and partners across the eastern US, have been on the forefront to restore this species, exploring the many facets required for reintroduction of disease-resistant populations. Luckily, current research suggests populations of American chestnut could be self-sustainable, despite changing pressures, within the next 50 – 100 years.
Joint program with the Geauga Park District
Registration is Required beginning Tuesday, December
20th
There are currently no spots remaining for this program.
You may choose to be added to the waiting list.
To add yourself to the waiting list, please fill in the waiting list form found on the
Geauga
Park District website event page. If space becomes
available in this program those on the waiting list will be notified in the order in which they are listed.
Registration is through the Geauga Park District at www.geaugaparkdistrict.org
Location:
The West Woods Nature Center
9465 Kinsman Rd. (Route 87)
Novelty, Ohio 44072
Working to Restore the American Chestnut
Sara Fern Fitzsimmons, TACF Director of Restoration
27 July 2018
"The demise of the American chestnut (Castanea dentata) has been described as one of the great ecological disasters of current time. Through the first-half of the 20th century, the species was virtually eliminated from the landscape by an Asiatic blight fungus (Cryphonectria parasitica) introduced on Japanese chestnut materials imported to the US in the late 1800s. . . ." Read More
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