University of New England: Thomas Klak Begins Building Partnerships for His American Chestnut Restoration Project
February 29, 2020
February 29, 2020
BIDDEFORD, Maine, Feb. 29 -- The University of New England issued the following news release on Feb. 28:
Thomas Klak, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Environmental Studies, is on a mission to foster the comeback of the American chestnut tree.
The American chestnut was all but destroyed during the last century by an accidentally imported fungal blight that is still killing the few remaining trees today. The blight has wiped out an estimated four billion chestnuts.< . . .
Thomas Klak, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Environmental Studies, is on a mission to foster the comeback of the American chestnut tree.
The American chestnut was all but destroyed during the last century by an accidentally imported fungal blight that is still killing the few remaining trees today. The blight has wiped out an estimated four billion chestnuts.< . . .