In 2022, LA-based The Obscure Distillery joined efforts to revive the American chestnut. By maturing exclusively on the functionally extinct wood, the distillery "preserve[s] both the unique ...

For me, the attraction to chestnut trees is partly cultural: My Italian-American family likes to roast chestnuts at Christmas and on other occasions. I also appreciate the attractive wood of the ...

But memories of the American chestnut’s legacy keep resurfacing for the researchers who want to bring it back. They describe its wood that paneled the homes and schoolrooms of their grandparents ...