American Chestnut Trees, Functionally Extinct in the Wild, Return to the Wildlife Conservation Society's Bronx Zoo for the First Time in More Than a Century
October 05, 2026
October 05, 2026
BRONX, New York, Oct. 5 [Category: Environment] -- The Wildlife Conservation Society issued the following news release:
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American Chestnut Trees, Functionally Extinct in the Wild, Return to the Wildlife Conservation Society's Bronx Zoo for the First Time in More Than a Century
New York Restoration Project's gift of 20 hybrid American chestnut trees marks a symbolic return to the Wildlife Conservation Society's Bronx Zoo--where blight was . . .
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American Chestnut Trees, Functionally Extinct in the Wild, Return to the Wildlife Conservation Society's Bronx Zoo for the First Time in More Than a Century
New York Restoration Project's gift of 20 hybrid American chestnut trees marks a symbolic return to the Wildlife Conservation Society's Bronx Zoo--where blight was . . .