Written by:Linda Haugen Plant Pathologist State and Private ForestryUS Forest Service – Eastern Region RGS & AWS is committed to developing and maintaining healthy forests, including involvement in the restoration of tree species that have been affected by invasive pests. In 2020, RGS & AWS supported the determination of the nonregulated status for the Darling 58 American chestnut, a blight-tolerant American chestnut that could maintain all of its natural traits, 100% of its original genes, and resume its original ecological niche since the destruction wrought by chestnut blight. Without human intervention, the American chestnut was on the brink of...
