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Biologists Revive Chestnut Tree at Former Coal Mine Sites

Biologists Revive Chestnut Tree at Former Coal Mine Sites

By Philip Barnes Keith Gilland ’13Ph.D. is working to bring life back to old coal mining sites in Ohio by reintroducing a long-lost species, the American chestnut tree. This “redwood of the east” used to cover 25 percent of the forests in the eastern United States. Save for a few […]

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July 15, 2013 at 1:54 pmResearch